The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (12A)

Dire script and dire acting. Middle classes promoting themselves too late to the role of the British Empire types. A cliche a minute. Grim.

I have seen 200 movies in the cinema where I saw Marigold Hotel. This was the first time the audience applauded at the end. The average age was 50+, and we laughed from beginning to end. It was smart, knowing, surprising, honest, and satisfying. If you didn't like this, I'm sorry for you my friend.

The movie is not that good, unfortunately. It was highly recommended to me by a friend and I was disappointed during the entire film. It is very superficial and unbalanced, it shows for long the supposed British prejudices while does not show enough how Indians are, present them as talking English on the streets which is not usual, it treats premarital sex and romantic love between young people of different backgrounds in a very light way, and highly underestimates the prejudice and rejection Indians have for homosexuality. Kissing is not common on the streets for heterosexual couples. Physical affection is widely exhibited in public like holding hands, for example, but among heterosexual men who are the ones that occupy the streets. Dev Patel’s acting was regular. The best part of the film was the acting of the great British actresses Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. No surprise, of course. And the insinuation of problem solving collaboration and friendship between people of the East and the West. I do not recommend it. It is plain, too romantic, thus, simplistic. All the problems were happily resolved 25 minutes before the ending so the film rhythm is unrealistic.

Watched it with my wife on blue ray. No plot, no script, poor direction. What were all those great actors thinking getting involved with this rubbish. Btw we are in our late 50s. Better things to do than watch stuff like this.s

Enchanting story with stellar cast (3 from harry potter), funny, touching, fabulous scenes of India, real India

I didn't see it myself (I wasn't that brave). However, my 48 year old friend reported back:- Apparently she brought the average age in the audience down quite considerably.

My 15 year old son hated it but my 18 year old son loved it. A good film is a good film no matter what the age of the cast. ther only bad thing about it is the title, which is a bit of a mountful. If you fell asleep then you're probably the kind of person who enjoys Michael Bay movies (ir Kids' stuff). This is for grown ups from 18 years upwards.

Fantastic cast, storyline sweer, but very slow, dull and boring...even fell asleep at one time...dissapointed!!!!!

Liked it better than I'd expected, would recommend it as super-lite fare to people in characters' age cohort: for its great cast of great British actors, great real-life India visuals and enough humor to keep things lively . With what they had to start with, though, something much better could have been done. Very sorry at apparent need to make boy-girl pairs of the people in the story (yes I remember an exception); kind of amazing a story about people in this stage of life that fails the Bechdel test, as bonds among women are what interest and sustains so many; and though I love Dev Patel to pieces, wished to hear real Indian English from the main Indian character, as one knows that native Indian English speaking actors aren't too hard to scare up, esp. in India.

As little old ladies we strongly resent the implication that we are only interested in crocks of sentimental twaddle. Indeed we are offended by such aspertions and feel that there should be no place in Time Out for such ageist incompoops. Our grandchildren (boys, 18 and 15, girls, 16 and 14) thoroughly enjoyed 'Hotel' and that is because it is a very good film. We pity Alex Cape Town while despising his politics.