The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel puts a smile on your face that refuses to fade, in large part because it allows us to enjoy a feel-good movie without feeling an ounce of shame afterward.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 20, 2022

Feels like there is a really good movie hidden away in the layers of the film struggling to get out.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 31, 2021

There are one or two nice moments, but the unmistakable whiff of mediocrity does sully even the gentle, crowd-pleasing pursuits of this film.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 21, 2020

The film is undeniably lightweight, and there is an element of this being an impossibly upmarket and middle-class version of the 'Brits Abroad' Kevin & Perry Go Large stereotype.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 14, 2020

Here's a gem of a film that is slowly paced and a treat for the senses.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 22, 2020

There is very little that happens that is unexpected, from romantic couplings to plot twists, but a whole lot that beggars belief.

| Jan 16, 2020

A visual stunner, this is a feast for the heart and the senses as we follow a group of British retirees from various walks of life who through happenstance make India and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel their destination in their twilights.

| Nov 26, 2019

One enormously jarring cheesie scene aside, this was such an enjoyable watch, and any time spent with Bill Nighy and Judy Dench is a good time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 30, 2019

Merely a mildly entertaining time-passer that will mostly please fans of the actors, who will no doubt find plenty to like behind its charming facade.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 6, 2019

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel blunders its own rhetoric. It's blatantly obvious that this pandering effort is only putting in the bare minimum.

| Jul 24, 2019

A delightful little British film with a fantastic cast and a story that goes in some unexpected places. I found it be quite entertaining.

| Original Score: B | Apr 12, 2019

[The Best Exotic Marigold] Hotel charms while you're watching it, lightly pushes a few buttons (some unintentionally), and gives you little to chew on when you leave the theater.

| Feb 27, 2019

Surprisingly enough, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel works. More than that: It's a sweet film about age-old crises that never feel old.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 4, 2019

Distinguished British actors, assemble!

| Aug 30, 2018

[Madden's] latest effort is saved from obscurity by a watchable cast... and some truly evocative cinematography.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2018

Best enjoyed as a rare chance to see an extensive array of England's finest weather-beaten thesps - led by Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith - acting up a storm at close quarters.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2018

With The Exotic Hotel Marigold (2011), which oscillates between comedy and drama, the British John Madden confirms that he is an artisan who knows how to soundly travel through genres... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Dec 12, 2017

Hopes were so high. It's not that they were dashed and smashed, it's just that they wilted like a marigold in the sun.

| Sep 18, 2017

Marigold may be relatively toothless, but cast-wise, it's pure class.

| Aug 30, 2017

This isn't a great film, but it's a delight to watch, and how many films can you say that about?

| Mar 15, 2017