Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Saw a preview for this movie several months ago, and the girlfriend's and I have been anxiously awaiting it ever since.  It finally arrived in Salt Lake this week, so off we went last evening to see it.  And thankfully it did no disappoint.  But really, considering the cast, how could it?  I mean, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton - some of my absolute favorite actors, all in the same picture.  Of course it's going to be brilliant!

It's about a group of retirees from the UK, who see advertised online the "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel". It's a hotel in India, specifically geared to Seniors. Of course, they each decide to de-camp to begin life anew in India, and arrive to find the hotel to be not quite as billed.  But being British, they decide to make the best of it, and each of them end up being changed in some way or other by the experience.

It's funny, touching, and yes, exotic.  We laughed out loud, we cried, and at the end, there was a big ovation. We even walked out quoting lines from it.  Who knows, I may have to de-camp to India myself one day.