Marigold Hotel

Saw The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel last night in a theatre (I won't say 'filled' as on a Wednesday night our theatre is never filled, but there WAS a respectable showing) of white haired viewers ... mostly all women but did find 3 men, which we first guessed came to the movie because they were 1.Gay or   2. To hook up with a woman their age... and then their wives (??) joined them.  Yes, this is a movie that attracts the retired crowd.  But look at the stars.  That is what attracted me.  The story is about individual British pensioners allured by an advertisement of a newly refurbished luxury hotel for "the elderly and beautiful" in India.  Of course, when they finally arrive, it is not quite as charming as the advertisement showed but they all do find charm in other ways.  The movie was fun!  We laughed out loud and could definitely relate to a lot of the circumstances that the cast found themselves in or have passed through.  And a lot of the lines in the movie had real meaning for me ... you know, those things you have learned in life but have to be reminded every once in a while, as well as new ones like "everything will be alright in the end, so if it is not alright, it is not yet the end".  I'm not sure how a teenager would rate this movie but I am certain that from middle age and up, you would find it entertaining.  And like my friend pointed out no one was shot with a machine gun or blown up and yet we thoroughly enjoyed it.  I give it 5 Stars.