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      The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

      2011, Comedy/Drama, 2h 4m

      168 Reviews 50,000+ Ratings

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      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

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      Tom 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."

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      Some 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.

      • Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content|Language)

      • Genre: Comedy, Drama

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: John Madden

      • Producer: Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin

      • Writer: Ol Parker

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

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      • Box Office (Gross USA): $46.4M

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Fox Searchlight

      • Production Co: Blueprint Productions

      • Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital

      Cast & Crew

      Judi Dench
      Maggie Smith
      Bill Nighy
      Penelope Wilton
      Tom Wilkinson
      Celia Imrie
      Ronald Pickup
      Dev Patel
      Ol Parker
      Jeff Skoll
      Ricky Strauss
      Jonathan King
      Ben Davis
      Chris Gill
      Thomas Newman
      Alan MacDonald
      Peter Francis
      Dilip More
      Tina Jones
      Louise Stjernsward

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      • Apr 01, 2017

        REALLY good acting from dev patel. somehow he out-performed the masterclass of judi dench and maggie smith. it helps that he got so many one liner's but that's thanks to the great writing by ol parker. each of the supporting cast also earned their pay.

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      • Nov 03, 2015

        There is a lot of content - the movie is set in and 'exotic' retirement hotel in India, and deals with seven Brits - how they got there and what they need in their retirements. It also throws in some complications of the Indian family that runs the hotel. It is a well-written story.

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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.

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      • Jun 28, 2013

        This was sweet, with banner acting. Nothing too exciting.

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