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A Balasaur Score of 56 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 50%, Metacritic 37/100. Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do. Most of the 6,764 2020s drama movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 28m. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Caithness to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses. It's an incident-fuelled nostalgia trip and his encounters with local people make him a media phenomenon. Tom is totally unaware and to his surprise on arrival at Land’s End he’s greeted as a celebrity.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
102 audience votes
Key crew
- Nick Lloyd WebberOriginal Music Composer
- Gillies MacKinnonDirector
- Joe AinsworthWriter
Cast
- Timothy SpallTom
- Phyllis LoganMary
- Natalie MitsonYoung Mary
- Ben EwingYoung Tom
- Patricia PantherTracy
- Saskia AshdownImogen
- Colin McCredieGraham
- Marnie BaxterAlice
- Iain RobertsonAndrey
- Susanna LaineMaria
- Sheila GrierMoira (Vigilante)
- Natalie ClarkeAlicia (Nurse)
