The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	May 4, 2012
On DVD:	September 18, 2012
Genre:	Drama, Comedy
Director:	John Madden
Writer:	Ol Parker, Deborah Moggach
Cast:	Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel with Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith
Studio:	Fox Searchlight Pictures
Running Time:	124 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language

"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" follows a group of British retirees who decide to "outsource" their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. Though the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, discovering that life and...

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British people are funny. Especially old British people. And especially old British people taken out of their comfort zone and inserted into one of the most hectic countries in the world: India. In The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Maggie Smith and Dev Patel star in the surprisingly heartwarming tale about a group of retirees who find themselves in a less-than-luxurious but oddly charming hotel.

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