The Lost Bus

 The Lost Bus feels like a disaster movie and then you remind yourself it actually happened. Greengrass’ latest true life thriller is an incredible exercise in complete audience immersion, this film about the 2018 California Camp Fire, the deadliest wildfire in the states history and the efforts of a bus driver and teacher who bravely shepherded a bus full of elementary school kids to a safe zone where there parents are waiting with open arms, is a film that performs a tricky balancing act being a special effects thriller and a searing emotional drama about the tragedy and handles it with aplomb. It helps immensely that our heroic leads are played by Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera who show with their incredible work here that they need to be in way more films. The Lost Bus is an incredible experience but it’s the emotional punch much like the fire that lingers. 

I Give It 5 Stars!!!