Friday, July 13, 2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
Comedy-drama
“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” follows seven derailed-by-life Brits who leave
Queen and Country for Jaipur, India, and promises of a sunny paradise resort
for “the old and beautiful.” What they get is a barely-functioning pile of
bricks and mortar, geese in rooms, and a bouncy 20-ish manager (Dev Patel) who
pops off witticisms such as, “Everything will be alright in the end, and if
it’s not alright, it is not yet the end.” Film-geek goose bumps boom at the
cast: Maggie Smith as a racist grouch, Judi Dench as a broke widow, Tom
Wilkinson as a judge on a quest, and Bill Nighy and Penelope Wilton re-playing
husband and wife as they did in “Shaun of the Dead.” Nothing as exciting as
zombies here. We get stories of redemption, new love, and prejudices and
xenophobia laid to rest, or revealed. All is alright in the end. Every Brit
actor is naturally top notch, but Patel pulls a muscle to compete with his costars
as the script has him running “Slumdog” style for his lady love. Nothing as
exciting as that here either. My parents would love this film. B
Labels:
2012,
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,
Bill Nighy,
British,
comedy,
Dev Patel,
drama,
elderly,
England,
foreign,
India,
Judi Dench,
Maggie Smith,
redemption,
seniors,
Tom Wilkinson
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