Wednesday December 12th 2012
UK 2011  118 minutes
Director: John Madden
Starring: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Dev Patel

Another chance to see this warm-hearted story about a disparate group of over-60s who feel that life as pensioners in modern Britain is passing them by. They are lured to India by the promises of majestic retirement offered by the renovated Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in Jaipur. The reality turns out to be not quite as the publicity brochure promised. What follows is a highly enjoyable mixture of comedy and drama as each member of the group comes to terms with the dramatic changes of culture and life-style - exemplified by the enthusiastic but incompetent young manager of the hotel.