Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways. Sonny : Everything will be all right in the end Sign In. Play trailer Comedy Drama Romance. Director John Madden. Top credits Director John Madden. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer International Version 2.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Clip Photos Top cast Edit. Hugh Dickson Judge as Judge. Paul Bhattacharjee Dr. Ghujarapartidar as Dr. Lucy Robinson Judith as Judith. John Madden. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Seven elderly Britons, for a variety of reasons, respond to an online ad and travel to Jaipur, India, where they find run-down hotel with a young, exuberant, and optimistic host. Adding fuel to the fire is the unwelcome intervention — in both love and business — of a rich and good-looking family friend and rival Shazad Latif , bringing the couple's relationship to breaking point.
It is hard to actively dislike this film. Like the first film, and like similar recent films such as The Hundred Foot Journey, the esteemed cast demands your attention from the off and the lush colours of India strikingly enhanced by the job of Evelyn — Judi Dench — in fabric procurement wrap around you and warm you like a favourite cardigan. The script entertains, with good humour throughout and a smattering of laugh-out-loud lines.
In terms of the acting, there is nothing like a Dame and both Dench and Smith are once again excellent, displaying nuanced and — particularly in Smith's case — very moving performances. Bill Nighy after the strikingly different performance in "Pride" is back into reliable Bill Nighy acting territory again!
New to the cast in this outing is one of my favourite comedy actresses Tamsin Greig "Episodes" and Richard Gere, looking more silver-fox than ever. But a particular joy for me was Ronald Pickup, celebrating 50 years in the business after a debut in Dr Who! Another star of the film is India itself. Having had the opportunity to travel extensively, I have never been particularly drawn to India: but this film does more for the Indian Tourist Board than a host of travel brochures ever could.
Jaipur looks breath-taking — who knew they had a "Great Wall of China"? Any sequel will naturally be compared against its original and, whilst good, this is no "Empire Strikes Back".
The film tries to partition itself into the different stages of the wedding preparations, but this becomes rather forced and irritating, particularly since the whole wedding storyline, and the mining of Sonny's jealous streak, gets a bit tiresome.
I yearned to be left alone with more time for the quieter and more subtle love story lines permeating the rest of the film. The script also tends to overly labour the 'you're old so you're about to die' angle in a manner that seems at times to be rather patronising. But in summary, if you enjoyed the original then you won't find the sequel to be much of a disappointment.
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