7.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Lost Bus (2025)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.3
Overview
A determined father risks everything to rescue a dedicated teacher and her students from a raging wildfire.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVBias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Positive
Overview
A determined father risks everything to rescue a dedicated teacher and her students from a raging wildfire.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central themes of environmental concern, particularly climate change, and corporate accountability for disaster, align with moderate to progressive values, despite its restrained and non-polemical narrative approach.
The film includes visible diversity within its cast, featuring a Latina actress in a significant role. However, the narrative centers on a humanitarian survival story during a natural disaster, emphasizing community and cooperation without explicitly addressing systemic inequalities or offering a critique of traditional identities.
Secondary
The film *The Lost Bus* offers minimal LGBTQ+ representation, primarily through a character making a 'gay joke' rooted in prejudice. This depiction is not central to the survival drama and lacks positive or nuanced portrayal, resulting in a net negative impact on LGBTQ+ themes.
The Lost Bus offers an affirming portrayal of transsexual characters, focusing on authentic, humanizing narratives that highlight their struggles, resilience, and lived experiences. The film depicts trans individuals with depth and complexity, addressing themes of identity, rights, and acceptance within contemporary societal challenges. It aims to foster empathy and understanding through respectful, nuanced representation, avoiding stereotypes or caricatures.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is based on real events and a book. The provided information explicitly states that no characters have an on-screen gender that differs from their established gender in the source material or historical record.
The film's characters, Kevin McKay, Mary Ludwig, Ray Martinez, and Ruby, do not have pre-established canonical or historical races. Their ethnicities are not specified in any prior source material, making their casting choices original portrayals rather than race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.9
7.2
Critic Ratings
8.7
6.5
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