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Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine: There are brutal truths about the declining years in Best Exotic, from loneliness to financial woes that can't be solved by getting a new job, but they are amply padded with comedy and cheery messages about acceptance; this is no bitter pill to swallow. Read more
Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: When not pivoting on an almost imperially predetermined plot point, it's doling out dollops of the most conventional wisdom imaginable... Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: 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. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: They're stuck with a script, by Ol Parker, that's stuffed with contrivance and cliche, and doggedly repetitive as it tracks its characters' efforts to find new love and adapt to new surroundings. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: There's little that's surprising about the film - everyone ends up pretty much where you'd guess - but that predictable quality becomes part of the pleasure of watching it, like a book that's happily reread. Read more
Keith Phipps, AV Club: Brought to life by actors who give the film substance and gravity it doesn't otherwise know how to earn. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: They might not be doing groundbreaking work here, but Dench, Nighy, Wilkinson and the rest are doing what they are given to do very well. Read more
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: Mostly, "Marigold Hotel" is old-fashioned, safe and resistant to stray from its comfort zone -- like visiting a foreign country and only eating the foods you already know you like. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" is proof that art-house films can be as cliched and soggily sentimental as the big-ticket items playing at the multiplex. Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: The witty script, Eastern locale, and tony cast may summon up memories of the old Merchant-Ivory films. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: As two-hour tours go, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" goes smoothly. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is an ersatz experience, a commingling of forced uplift and exotica, but it's moving anyway. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: Basically, there's just too much crammed into "Marigold Hotel" for any of it to have impact. It may work as comfort food for old folks, but a bit less may have yielded a great deal more. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: [A] lulling, happy-face story of retirement-age self-renewal, set in a shimmering, weltering, jewel-colored India. Read more
William Goss, Film.com: The old pros elevate Hotel's otherwise pat screenplay into that sweet spot where predictability fails to negate pleasure. Read more
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: A sterling cast and a fine balance of comedy and poignancy make this story of unfulfilled Brit retirees discovering new life in India a pleasure-filled journey. Read more
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: It all makes for a movie whose infectious charm outweighs some of the predictability that slips in around the edges. Read more
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: As for the Marigold Hotel, well, it's not the Delano. But overall it's a fine spot to spend a couple of hours. Read more
Rafer Guzman, Newsday: The movie itself is a mawkish comedy-drama-romance, but the astounding cast makes it feel like a night on the West End. Read more
David Denby, New Yorker: Judi Dench delivers one of her most wide-ranging and moving performances. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: It's hard to complain too much when your leads are Dench and Smith, Nighy and Wilkinson - all giving an actor's master class in the power of doing just enough. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Madden and screenwriter Ol Parker take the easiest, most familiar paths (we're still doing Viagra jokes?), dropping every opportunity to explore issues like culture clash, loneliness and mortality. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Those who will see The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel are looking for something calm, safe, gently humorous, and entirely unchallenging. And that's exactly what they get. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A charming, funny and heartwarming movie ... a smoothly crafted entertainment that makes good use of seven superb veterans. Read more
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: With a lesser cast, the movie would be a lineup of TV-movie cliches. But this is a cast that never makes a false move even when the script settles for formula. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: "Marigold Hotel" is too well made to be dismissed and contains too much truth to be scorned. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Is this the dullest movie of the last 12 months or am I overlooking something? Read more
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" is an Indian dish for day-trippers. Lacking beef or sufficient spice, it's nonetheless colorful comfort food. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: With its stereotypical characters and creaky plot turns, this passage to India feels even longer than its running time. Read more
Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: It's a cup of tea made no less satisfying by the fact that you'll know how it's going to taste every sip of the way. Read more
Ben Walters, Time Out: They might have just got away with it as a Sunday night mini-series but from a cinematic perspective, this trip shouldn't have been embarked upon. Read more
Keith Uhlich, Time Out: Mostly, we're stuck watching U.K. cinema bright lights ... navigating sub-sitcom scenarios that touch perfunctorily, sometimes borderline offensively, on issues of sexuality, soulmates and culture clash. Read more
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: A gently amusing tale of seven seniors who run away from dreary old England for a new life as retirement Raj in India. Read more
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: The plot twists are about as venerable as the cast and predictably affecting when performed with such old-hand proficiency. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: The entertainment that one is able to derive from it is directly proportional to the appeal of each character. Those levels vary widely. Read more