{"id":2002523,"date":"2025-09-06T19:28:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T19:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2002523"},"modified":"2025-09-06T19:28:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T19:28:18","slug":"matthew-mcconaugheys-fire-rescue-movie-the-lost-bus-will-stress-you-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/matthew-mcconaugheys-fire-rescue-movie-the-lost-bus-will-stress-you-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey&#8217;s fire rescue movie &#8216;The Lost Bus&#8217; will stress you out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F09%2Flost-bus-review.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Some difficult dilemmas are faced in \u201cThe Lost Bus,\u201d a survival drama starring Matthew McConaughey that premiered Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--review 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In theaters Sept. 19. On AppleTV+ Oct. 3.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And not only by the characters, who put the pedal to the metal to save their lives as their town is ravaged by fire. The movie itself hits some roadblocks, too.<\/p>\n<p>Director Paul Greengrass\u2019 film is about the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, California, and he wants us to feel the heat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, the audience\u2019s perspective is that we\u2019re aboard the school bus with the 22 kids, a panicked teacher and determined driver, swerving away from flames and shaking from oil tank explosions.<\/p>\n<p>The camera is not a stand-in for our eyes, per se,<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/01\/24\/entertainment\/steven-soderberghs-new-horror-film-presence-gave-me-a-headache\/\"> a la Steven Soderbergh\u2019s \u201cPresence,\u201d<\/a> but otherwise it\u2019s as immersive as it gets without 3D and those awful theaters that spray water in your face.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--more inline-module--columnist inline-module--more--thirds\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading subsection-heading subsection-heading--single-line \">\n\t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"subsection-heading__sub\">Johnny Oleksinski<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>That environmental atmosphere is often effective. As smoke seeps in and the fires ferociously grow, we\u2019re inside a rescue vehicle that risks turning into an oven. Add children who are thrown into extreme peril, and \u201cThe Lost Bus\u201d is a very stressful movie, indeed. As it should be.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Matthew McConaughey stars in \u201cThe Lost Bus,\u201d which premiered in the Toronto International Film Festival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There is, of course, a downside to making the viewer feel like they\u2019re in the story though. And that\u2019s that \u201cThe Lost Bus\u201d has a queasy video-game quality to it, like there\u2019s a controller in your hand instead of a Pepsi. Certain scenes come off as escalating levels to win rather than actual, grounded events that happened.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the true story of driver Kevin McKay (McConaughey), who heroically saved 22 little ones and two adults during a dangerous five-hour ride that was meant to take minutes, flirts with commodity action.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And, dare I say, at times it\u2019s almost too thrilling \u2014 reminiscent of a 1990s natural disaster flick. Think \u201cDante\u2019s Peak.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>McConaughey plays Kevin McKay, who saved 22 kids in 2018 during a devastating California fire. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9HLN\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What keeps \u201cThe Lost Bus\u201d from going full PlayStation \u2014 or full Brosnan \u2014 is a pulsing performance from McConaughey as a flawed dad desperately trying to reach his ill son (played by McConaughey\u2019s own offspring, Levi Alves McConaughey) while saving the sons and daughters of others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The actor goes for more than \u201cSpeed 2: Cruise Control\u201d adrenaline. His Kevin exhibits tenderness and tactics, even while keeping his eyes on the road, and an overarching sense that getting these kids home safely is what he\u2019s been put on earth to do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And he has a sweet rapport with America Ferrara\u2019s teacher, Mary, who tries to keep it together for her students while knowing full well everything has gone to hell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the darkest moment, she delivers a line, both caring and hopeless, that\u2019s the movie\u2019s biggest gut punch.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Levi Alves McConaughey, Matthew\u2019s real son, plays his kid in \u201cThe Lost Bus.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">mpi099\/MediaPunch\/INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The other dilemma is for the film\u2019s studio, Apple.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lost Bus\u201d is getting a small theatrical release in select theaters, where it will work best, and then shuffles off to AppleTV+ on Oct. 17.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But this is a movie fueled by our own anxiety, and I have doubts that home viewers will make it all the way through it on the couch where comfort watches reign supreme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lost Bus\u201d is a really bumpy ride. It\u2019s got to be.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2014 Some difficult dilemmas are faced in \u201cThe Lost Bus,\u201d a survival drama starring Matthew McConaughey that premiered Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival. movie review THE LOST BUS Running time: 130 minutes. In theaters Sept. 19. On AppleTV+ Oct. 3. 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