an ensemble cast consisting of Judi Dench, Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Ronald Pickup, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson and Penelope Wilton, as a group of British pensioners moving to a retirement hotel in India, run by the young and eager Sonny, played by Dev Patel.
Gets 78% & 79% in Rotten Tomatoes. About right. Wilkinson charcater is very well portrayed. Patel's seems a stereotype that nearly drowns in syrup. Ebert liked it. As did Stephen Holden in the Times: The screenplay does a reasonably skillful job of interweaving its
subplots and of creating some mild surprises. This is a programmatically
feel-good movie
whose tempered optimism and insistence that it’s never too late to
leave your comfort zone and explore new horizons stays mostly (but not
always) on the safe side of sentimentality. Besides its sterling cast,
its ace in the hole is its pungent depiction of Jaipur’s teeming
streets, which give an otherwise well-mannered movie a blinding splash
of color.
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