Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

roopakmurty This is the reality, if a foreigner visits India with the age between 40-50 or older they seek reality or peace when they go around a historic place like Jaipur or anywhere in southern India, why they keep coming back here ? Because they find some peace like the young once who visit Goa or Himachal where they get good high but be it old or young everyone is looking for a peace off mind either be in ur 20 or 50. It is just how one seek it, either by traveling,smoking,drinking,doing yoga, meditation...but the best way to seek is travailing..

ianlouisiana Sweet and naive J.Dench or sour - faced cynical M.Smith?That is the question. Both these formidable ladies play to their strengths here,comfortably stealing the film without breaking sweat. Although messrs Nighy and Pickup deliver their customary performances they are whistling into the wind. This is a slight tale of British pensioners retiring to live in India. Some find it Iiberating,,others vexing. There is nothing particularly entertaining or surprising on show but it is unobjectionable,almost soporific in tone. Quite why "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" has attracted such attention is not obvious to me. The apparent popularity of "Bollywood" to the main stream may account for this fascination,coupled with a jollop of post - colonial guilt . I can't help feeling that a more accurate picture of the British abroad can be gauged from "Benidorm". What The Garveys would make of Jaipur might be very different.

Python Hyena The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011): Dir: John Madden / Cast: Tom Wilkinson, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Dev Patel: Delightful British comedy drama that present the illusion of a stress free vacation for the elderly, while its subjects arrive to phones that do not work, taps that drip in the night, doors that are non existent, and a culture they fail to understand. Director John Madden gave us Shakespeare in Love, but here he presents a somewhat modern take on Shakespearian themes with a touch of humour. Great ensemble cast includes Tom Wilkinson as someone coming to terms with the fact that he is gay and he returns to India in hopes to address a past relationship that he fears that he shamed. Judi Dench must deal with debts of her deceased husband, but finds employment and fulfilment during her time in India. Bill Nighy plays a frustrated and bullied husband who celebrates the culture around him while his wife of forty years complains constantly. Maggie Smith brings humour as a racist woman in need of a hip replacement, but her attitude is tested when confronted with the lifestyles around her. They all occupy this rundown hotel that is beloved with great enthusiasm by its young owner who himself is facing young love. Dev Patel plays the hotel manager who goes out of his way to please these guests and provide comic relief. While all is cheerful and innocent, it does present the dismiss of one marriage, as well as several subplots that are somewhat disjointed. That should not prevent adults from checking in and enjoying their time at the hotel elderly. Score: 8 / 10

Tejaswy Nalam Most reviews are dissing the movie are right. It is utterly, and most cliché-ladenly predictable. And there in lies the sweetness of writing or directing fiction.Everything that can be said about the human condition has already been said by the literary greats. What a writer of fiction can only do is re-visit the themes, because, as common place as love and heartbreak seem, the first time they happen to you seems like the first time they are happening in the history of mankind.And this movie grandly, sweetly, gloriously, and charmingly captures the uniqueness of predictability that befalls the human suffering. And the cast. What could be said of a cast that hasn't been said before? Other than that they kick super-hero butt just by being in the frame?Movies like these are the ultimate reason for celluloid to exist. To bring to the non-readers of world the slow discovery of emotions that move the soul.What a watch!