It is not often that you get a coming of age story and an end of life tale in the same film. It is probably even more rare to have the same characters fulfill both portions of the film. Here we have a host of actors who could (and have) each carry a film on their own joining together to make something very good. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, etc. This group of elderly English have for various reasons signed on in retirement to travel to India to become guests of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - for the Elderly and the Beautiful. What they encounter challenges their expectations, their purpose in life, and their relationships. As they encounter and think about the ends of their careers and lives, they also begin to grow and make new realizations that would be fitting in any film of high school angst. And each discovery is authentic and groundbreaking. Very well done.
4 stars (out of 5)
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