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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2015

John Madden

Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel ...

5.4

3,143

Comedy. Drama The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is the expansionist dream of Sonny (Dev Patel), and it's making more claims on his time than he has available, considering his imminent marriage to the love of his life, Sunaina (Tina Desai). Sonny has his eye on a promising property now that his first venture, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful, has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for fresh ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"It's the kind of movie that provides a perfect answer for when your mother or grandmother calls you up and asks, "What should I go see with the girls after our weekly canasta game?"
		Stephen Holden The New York Times	"The director, John Madden, and the screenwriter, Ol Parker, who created the first film, try to compensate for the new movie's lack of coherence and narrative momentum. But with no real story to tell, only so much can be done"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"For a film conceived without any chance of a sequel in mind, 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' actually lends itself surprisingly well to being extended"
		Nev Pierce Empire	"An entirely charming extension of the most unlikely franchise, gently handling big themes and dissolving cynicism with laughter. Maggie Smith is superb (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Though still treacly, still exasperatingly sentimental and stereotypical, this follow-up to the first 'Exotic Marigold Hotel' turns out to be rather better. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"When such consummate actors as Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Penelope Wilton show up together in a movie, even a sequel as wobbly as this one, you'd be wise to just sit back and behold. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"In the first film, India was effectively a brightly coloured obstacle course for the characters to blunder through. This time, we get to see it as the prize. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of ive)"
		Leslie Felperin Variety	"Busier but also blander and duller than its predecessor"
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"'Second Best' offers little you couldn't write yourself, but it does so with respectable level of craft. The appeal lies in the ensemble playing"

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