Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The

Rich, full-bodied characters dominate this colorful, delightfully charming, poignant, touching, witty, romantic comedy, which is based on Deborah Moggach's book These Foolish Things, about an eclectic group of elderly, retired Brits, including a tenacious widow (Dame Judy Dench) looking for a new beginning, a bitter and racist servant (Maggie Smith) looking for meaning in her life, a feisty sexagenarian (Ronald Pickup) looking for a lover (Diana Hardcastle), a high court judge (Tom Wilkinson) looking for a former Indian lover, an optimistic Englishman (Bill Nighy) looking for happiness in a stale marriage to his unhappy and grumbling wife (Penelope Wilton), and a lonely woman (Celia Imrie) looking for a wealthy lover, who become the "elderly and beautiful" guests at a rundown hotel in Jaipur, India, managed by an enthusiastic owner (Dev Patel) who is in love with a comely telephone saleswoman (Tena Desae) to the dismay of his controlling mother (Lillete Dubey).
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