Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

[baumer]

Go ahead....tell us what you think.

[IndustriousAngel]

Very enjoyable film, if very predictable. Seven british retirees all fall for an internet "scam" advertising a cheap yet stylish hotel, specialising in the "elderly and beautiful", in indish Jaipoor. Well, it's not really a scam but the style and most of the hotel only exist in the determined mind of manager/part-owner Sonny (Dev Patel of Slumdog fame), as they learn in their first minutes there. Will they be able to survive India?While similar to "King's Speech" and "Intouchables" (underdogs beating the odds via friendships), it's more on the bitter side since the main protagonists all KNOW that death is waiting for them rather sooner than later - one even bites the dust midway through the film. Still, it's full of laughs (partly cheap ones, but most good) and strange situations and it's a joy watching those guys cope with the harsh realities in Jaipoor and in their relationships. The cast is superb - special mention: Judy Dench, John Nighy and Maggie Smith. Dev Patel tries maybe a bit too hard, he comes away as the weakest part in an otherwise effortless comedy. Most characters even get some dimension - no easy feat when you have about 8 main protagonists! Even Penelope Wilton's Jean - she's the most one-dimensional, playing simply "The Shrew" - gets a bit of depth in her last scene. Highly recommended if you like those actors and don't mind that you can guess about 90% of the script after 10 minutes.

Edited May 22, 2012 by IndustriousAngel

[baumer]

More tomorrow for sure but an absolutely fantastic film with fantastic performances.9/10

[acsc1312]

Loved it. Simple film with great performances. Some things did come out of nowhere, so it wasn't totally predictable. A/A-

[ladyevenstar22]

lovely movie, i had a nice time watching it, i love bill nighy ,felt for the guy stuck with that shrew of a wife (the word is an apt description) she was such a buzzkill:killjoy ! i'm glad even at this juncture in life he got a new start with judi dench character!i felt dev patel exaggerated his indie accent as i'm pretty sure his english is way better than that...it was leagues better than julia roberts film which name escapes me at the moment

[CoolioD1]

You can predict any story pretty much instantly, there's one storyline that was dropped as soon as it got interesting, oh and every joke in this is about 80 years old - people that old are probably who this was made for, so... whatever.

[Blankments]

It's predictable, but is that really a flaw? It only slightly worked as a comedy, so when the second half went full on melodrama, I actually really really enjoyed it. Charming film. I guess movies about old people really do work well on me. A