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  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
    Review preview for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    As comfy and cosily British as a nice cup of tea and a biscuit.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Retiring to India and the promised comforts of a luxury hotel, a group of elderly Britons get less than they bargained for and more than they could have dreamed of.
  • The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
    Review preview for The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    Retaining the waspish asides of the first movie but able to bring much more fragility to the fore, Smith effortlessly exposes a contradictory combination of fear and bravery that many older people will find familiar.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Sonny dreams of a wedding and expansion and the residents of the hotel try to help.

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