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"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." Show "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" is a retirement destination in India for "the elderly and beautiful." It has seen better days, and if you want to see what the better days looked like, just examine the brochure, which depicts a luxurious existence in Jaipur, a popular tourist destination in Rajasthan. To this city travel a group of seven Brits with seven reasons for making the move — although the most urgent is that the local prices make retirement possible for them. As we meet them jammed on the bus from the airport, we suspect that the film will be about their various problems and that the hotel will not be as advertised. What we may not expect is what a charming, funny and heartwarming movie this is, a smoothly crafted entertainment that makes good use of seven superb veterans. We're introduced to them while they're still at home in England. In the order of their billing, they are Evelyn Greenslade (Judi Dench), who has been forced to sell her London flat; the sniffy Muriel Donnelly (Maggie Smith), who doesn't like foreigners but requires a cheap hip replacement; Douglas and Jean Ainslie (Bill Nighy and Penelope Wilton), who are not merely unhappily married but have lost a bundle on their daughter's Internet company; Graham Dashwood (Tom Wilkinson), who spent the happiest years of his life in India and has now returned to seek his young love; Madge Hardcastle (Celia Imrie), who is open to the possibility of finding a husband, and Norman Cousins (Ronald Pickup), who is open to the possibility of finding a one-night stand. Greeting them at Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is its exuberant and optimistic owner, Sonny Kapoor (Dev Patel from "Slumdog Millionaire"). He's inherited the shabby inn from his late father and plans to run it himself, against the objections of his mother, who wants him to live with her in Delhi and marry the bride of her choice. Sonny already has a bride picked out: Sunaina, who works in a call-outsourcing agency — the film's nudge that the West has not only outsourced many of its jobs to India, but is now outsourcing many of its senior citizens. How can I suggest what a delight this film is? Let me try a little shorthand. Recall some of the wonderful performances you've seen from Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy and the others, and believe me when I say that this movie finds rich opportunities for all of them. Director John Madden ("Shakespeare in Love") has to juggle to keep his subplots in the air, but these actors are so distinctive, they do much of the work for him. Graham is the most affecting character. Reared and educated in India, he moved with his parents to England, leaving love, regret and guilt behind. His character is instinctively open to India and wanders off on daily secret missions, which excite the curiosity of the others and may involve no more than sharing cricket tips with street kids. Muriel is at the other end of the scale. She dislikes India and indeed anyplace that is not England, and refuses to eat any food she cannot pronounce. Awaiting her affordable hip replacement, she notices a low-caste girl who is sweeping the hotel and gives her a hint. Smith, we discover, spent her entire life in service, raising the children of others, and now in retirement, there is no one to take care of her. Evelyn apparently spent most of her life having her husband settle all important questions, something to regret after he dies and she finds herself broke. She focuses on young Sonny, his struggle with his mother and his optimistic plans to renovate the hotel. A good start might be chasing the pigeons from the rooms. The story is light-footed and cheerful for the most part, especially when Evelyn does job-hunting and the romance-seekers experiment with online dating services. Still, there's a fair amount of humanity in the screenplay by Ol Parker, based on the novel These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach. Events move along so engagingly that they sneak up on a few surprisingly touching developments, especially the payoff of Graham's story. India itself is a supporting character. People in other places begin to seem standardized in contrast with the brash eccentricities here, and you might wonder if Dev Patel, as the hotel owner, possibly learned his job by watching reruns of "Fawlty Towers." Let us suggest that if you were an aging Brit with a limited income and you moved into the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, you could have done a lot worse. Roger EbertRoger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel isn't groundbreaking storytelling, but it's a sweet story about the senior set featuring a top-notch cast of veteran actors. Read critic reviews Rent/buy Rent/buy Rent/buy Rent The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Prime Video, or buy it on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Prime Video. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel PhotosTom Wilkinson as Graham in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." Dev Patel as Sonny in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." Tena Desae as Sunaina and Dev Patel as Sonny in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." Maggie Smith as Muriel in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." Penelope Wilton as Jean in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." (L-R) Cecile Imrie as Madge, Diana Hardcastle as Carol and Ronald Pickup as Norm in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." A scene from "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." Judi Dench as Evelyn in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." (L-R) Judi Dench as Evelyn, Tom Wilkinson as Graham and Bill Nighy as Douglas in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." (L-R) Judi Dench as Evelyn and Celia Imrie as Madge in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." (L-R) Penelope Wilton as Jean, Cecile Imrie as Madge and Bill Nighy as Douglas in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." Lillete Duey as Mrs. Kapoor in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." Movie InfoSome British retirees (Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy) decide to outsource their retirement to exotic and less expensive India. Lured by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and imagining a life of leisure in lush surroundings, they arrive and find that the Marigold is actually a shell of its former self. Though their new home is not quite what they had imagined, the retirees find that life and love can begin again when they let go of their pasts.
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Nov 24, 2013 In "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," a group of English retirees including Muriel(Maggie Smith) who needs a new hip, Madge(Celia Imrie) who is trying to get out of babysitting for her grandchildren and Norman(Ronald Pickup) who has run out of women who will give him the time of day move to India for their golden years. Of them, Graham(Tom Wilkinson), a recently retired high court judge, is the only one who has been to India before and is therefore the only one not shocked at the state of their accommodations. But Sonny(Dev Patel) promises to make improvements as soon as possible. "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" is further proof that one can only get so far simply relying on a great cast(that also includes Bill Nighy and Judi Dench) at the top of their prowess and excellent location filming. That is mainly because of an episodic structure that feels more like a television series that Maggie Smith can star in once 'Downton Abbey' eventually runs its course. Admittedly, that would be one that is more unpredictable than average. In any case, the movie only touches on the subjects of the sidelining of the elderly and outsourcing, while inadvertantly showing how senior actors are trivialized; when in fact France is already outsourcing older actresses from England. At least in the "Red" movies, the senior characters get to save the world on occasion. |
