THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL IS 2012 BRITISH COMEDY-DRAMA FILM DIRECTED BY John Madden AND WRITTEN BY OL PARKER AND FEATURING AN ENSEMBLE CAST INCLUDING Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, AND Penelope Wilton, AS A GROUP OF BRITISH PENSIONERS MOVING TO A RETIREMENT HOTEL IN INDIA, RUN BY THE YOUNG AND EAGER SONNY, PLAYED BY Dev Patel. THE FILM MET WITH POSITIVE REVIEW AND WAS COMMERCIAL SUCCESS EARNING $134 MILLION AGAINST ITS $10 MILLION BUDGET. THE FILM AND JUDI DENCH WAS NOMINATED FOR BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL AND BEST ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL RESPECTIVELY AT THE 70TH GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS. MAGGIE SMITH WAS NOMINATED FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS AT SAG AWARDS. THE FILM ALSO NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM AT THE BAFTA.
WHEN I HEARD THE TITLE FOR THE FIRST TIME, I WAS READY FOR THE FILM TO BLOW MY MIND AND HONESTLY, I'M COUNTING ON THE WORD 'EXOTIC'. THE BACKGROUND MUSIC PLAYED AS I WAS READY WITH MY SNACKS SITTING READILY IN FRONT OF THE TV AND THEN THERE WAS JUDI DENCH, THE SWEET AND BEAUTIFUL JUDI. I THINK THE REASON WHY PEOPLE CAME TO SEE THE MOVIE IS BECAUSE THE CAST, I MEAN THEY'RE ALL VETERAN ACTORS. CAST PLAYS A HUGE PART IN THE MOVIE, IF A FILM DOESN'T HAVE A GREAT CAST, PEOPLE WON'T BOTHER TO SEE IT, DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T HAVE A NEW COMER IN THE FILM. LET'S SAY JEREMY IRVINE IN WAR HORSE, I THOUGHT THE FILM DID WELL BUT I THINK IT'S BECAUSE SPIELBERG IS THE DIRECTOR, BUT WHATEVER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EXOTIC HOTEL HERE. I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, THERE'S SOME CLINGY MOMENTS IN THE FILM, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THEM OLD PEOPLE? NO OFFENSE. I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT PEOPLE WHO CAME TO SEE THE FILM ARE LATE 20s OR 30s? COS' THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF FILM THAT MOST TEENAGERS COME TO THE THEATRE FOR, WELL AT LEAST NOT FOR ME, I WATCH EVERYTHING AS LONG AS IT HAS GREAT CAST AND PLOT. NEVERTHELESS, I LOVE THE CAST'S PERFORMANCE, THEY ACT NATURALLY AND I CAN SEE THEY'RE HAVING FUN DOING IT AND MAGGIE SMITH IS AMAZING AS ALWAYS, KINDA DISAPPOINTED THAT SHE'S NOT NOMINATED FOR THE OSCAR THOUGH, WELL BLERK. DEV PATEL ON THE OTHER HAND, THE ACCENT! OH MY GOD, HE'S ALWAYS BE THE SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DOES IT WITH THE ACCENT. DOES HE EVEN LIVE IN INDIA? HE LIVES IN UK RIGHT? BUT OH WELL.
I RATE THIS FILM 7.8/10 OR FAVORABLE REVIEW.
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