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By Anders Wright (338) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 06 Mar 2015

When it does what it does well, it does it really well, and once again, it has a dreamy ensemble that has the ability to rise above the material…

Review of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

By John Serba (472) for MLive.com (475) on 06 Mar 2015

With the cast of personalities established in the previous film, the sequel is a pleasant enough meander through the boroughs of character…

Review of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 06 Mar 2015

Any film that can't make good use of Nighy, an actor whose shrewd intelligence shines through even in dreck like Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 06 Mar 2015

There's a stretched and buffoonish quality to the aptly named The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel that detracts from any sincere sentiment…

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By Gary Wolcott (857) for Tri-City Herald (818) on 06 Mar 2015

Kudos to John Madden for doing a sequel that isn't worn out super heroes or so-so sci-fi…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 06 Mar 2015

As was the cast the first time around, the simple presence of the cast makes it all go down fairly easy…

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By Jonathan W. Hickman (551) for Daily Film Fix (355) on 06 Mar 2015

Maggie Smith, who is so sincere as Muriel, manages to make the film bearable as it comes to an emotional conclusion leaving you with a small,…

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By Lisa Kennedy (833) for Denver Post (1,096) on 06 Mar 2015

Sure, it has the comfy vibe of the familiar, but it's all in feel-good fun…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 06 Mar 2015

There's a sweetness to the proceedings that never quite overpowers the melancholy of maturity, and a sympathy for human frailty that stops…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 06 Mar 2015

If Hollywood must have franchises, we could do worse than one highlighting people who have lived a long life and are not on altogether friendly…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 06 Mar 2015

All manner of subplots weave their way through the film, which teems with colorful characters and saccharine cliches…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 06 Mar 2015

Once again, a first-rate cast helps slightly elevate this sentimental Britcom…

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By Connie Ogle (690) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 06 Mar 2015

You can’t shake the feeling the script is trying too hard to please, upping the drama despite the fact that what made the first film so enjoyable…

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By David Kaplan (436) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 06 Mar 2015

Considering the dearth of roles for older actors, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a family film suitable for the non Fifty Shades…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for New Orleans Times-Picayune (573) on 06 Mar 2015

Second Best might not be second-rate, but neither is it the match of the first Best Exotic Marigold Hotel…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 05 Mar 2015

I'd love to see a third Marigold adventure…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Beliefnet (937) on 05 Mar 2015

Gently disrupts all of the happy endings of the first film just enough to allow for some minor misunderstandings, pointed commentary, and even…

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By Bruce Kirkland (531) for Toronto Sun (419) on 05 Mar 2015

Because I found the original movie so engaging, I enjoyed finding out what has happened, and what is to come, in the lives of these characters…

Review of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 05 Mar 2015

It uses the same phenomenal cast, sweet writing and beautiful appreciation of the Indian culture to create a film that may be second best but…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 05 Mar 2015

Suffice to say, if you enjoyed the first Hotel you'll be equally taken with the second…

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