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Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

J Besser Wow, "The Big Bus" is so funny! I remember I wanted to see this when it came out when I was a kid but it didn't work out. It took many years before I was able to watch this in one viewing. It's great. A great '70s comedy,. A great comedy "period". It's played perfectly. It's played straight but not too straight, kind of. The balance everybody achieved is incredible. The great Joe Bologna is excellent. The rest of the cast is almost as good. It came out four years before "Airplane" but right in the middle of Mel Brooks' films. I need to watch it more often.

U.N. Owen I actually saw The Big Bus as a kid in a theatre, because I LOVE Stockard Channing, and I got my mom to take me (she put up with a LOT of stuff from me - Thanks mom!).As a 7 year old, I loved it - I wasn't interested in, nor rally was looking for plot 'holes,' or, anything else, other than just silly fun, and, I do remember - all these years later - I did enjoy myself.My mom... well, I never asked, then,but, when I recently asked her, she was vague, so, I'm gonna say I don't think she liked it.In the mid 70's, we had Earthquake (in 'Sensurround' - a theater-wide effect in which every time the earthquake started to rumble, the 'Sensurround' system (a legit sound amplification, which very simplistically speaking, were bass-heavy, and those frequencies REALLY did a number on those in the theatre at the time. It was VERY wild.We had The Towering Inferno- about a very tall building on fire, and The Poseidon Adventure, as wells some others.Then, about a year or two after these big films, came The Big Bus.As I noted in several other reviews, they noticed the similarities between this film and those of the Zuckers & Abrahams, i.e., Airplane!, Naked Gun, and (my favourite of this genre) Top Secret, as well as others.I don't know if the Zuckers or Abrahams had seen The Big Bus, and said they can 'do it better,' or not, but, one can definitely see The Big Bus as an influence on those later films.I can't recommend The Big Bus, to anyone who is looking for a 'quality' film. But, if you are one of those die-hard fanatics, like myself, who are fans of any of the (large) cast, which contains many well known character performers, like Ms Channing, and really don't care about 'plot holes' ('big enough to drive the 'Big Bus' though,' LOL!), then sit back and enjoy.It is NOT 'side-achingly' funny, but, it is 'chortle' funny.I give it a '6,' because I DO like kitsch such as thisAs an addendum, for those who remember this era, NBC was in LAST place of the 'Big Three' TV networks, and they hired (former) 'wunderkind,' Fred Silverman away from ABC.Whilst not a direct descendant of this genre, the Big …'egg' Silverman laid at NBC was a TV series, which was at the time THE most EXPENSIVE (on a per-episode basis) titled 'SuperTrain.'It was not (intentionally) either a comedy, nor a disaster, but, in the annals of TV, it is both.In the entertainment world, one is supposed to describe their projects in one 'grab ya' sentence,' and the descriptive sentence of Super Train was 'Love Bot on a Train.With SuperTrain, the 'circle' was complete, and it wouldn't be until the Zuckers and Abrahams got together and made 'fun' disasters the 'right' way.

MARIO GAUCI Preceding the far more popular AIRPLANE! (1980) in its spoof of blockbuster disaster movies by four years, this is a patchy but reasonably amusing ride in its own right The titular nuclear-powered vehicle was designed by Stockard Channing, constructed by her father Harold Gould (who, in his turn, is cared for by reluctant doctor Larry Hagman), driven by disgraced 'cannibal' Joseph Bologna, steered from the controls center by Ned Beatty and sought for destruction by "Ironman" Jose' Ferrer! As befits its pedigree, the passengers are an equally colorful, starry lot: an on-again/off-again couple (Richard Mulligan and Sally Kellerman), a dotty old lady (Ruth Gordon), a bitchy nymphomaniac of a celebrity (Lynn Redgrave), a doubting priest (Rene Auberjonois), etc. The film loses steam in the latter half because its biggest laughs occur before the actual journey starts, in particular during a bar-room brawl at a drivers' hang-out where Bologna is picked on by everybody except for one called Shoulders (John Beck) who, after earning a co-driver's seat on The Big Bus, soon reveals the meaning behind his nickname – he's narcoleptic!

MartinHafer This is a stupid film. I admit it. The acting is very broad, the script is dopey as can be and every element of the film says "DUMB" but it all works because the film never takes itself seriously and makes no pretense. Yes, it is meant to be stupid! I mean, just think about the plot--an air or sea disaster movie that instead occurs on a bus! And, this is no ordinary bus, but seems about 25,000 square feet (minimum) inside--complete with a huge lounge, seating for a huge number of passengers and even a bowling alley!! Plus, you add other plot ideas like a co-driver named "Shoulders" because he keeps driving over the shoulders of the road, a bomb planted aboard and the bus is actually NUCLEAR-POWERED!!! This movie is pure escapist fun. If you want something deep or really enjoy the films or Fellini or Truffaut and hate anything else, then this movie is not for you. If you like pure dopiness and could use a laugh, then this film is exactly what you need.