Movie Review: “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”

This all-English cast movie recounts the story of a group of middle class British retirees who do not have the financial where withal to retire in a comfortable fashion in England. Lured by advertisements of a newly restored hotel in India, they arrive to find their place of retirement a shell of it’s former glory. The retirees include; a nanny, civil servant and wife, never employed widow, aging lush and elderly “sport.” The plot also involves the young Indian hotel owner, his girlfriend, mother and the conflict surrounding the young owner’s desire to marry outside his social group. The majority of retirees continue their lifelong pursuit of personal fulfillment- often to the detriment of friends and spouses.