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Reviews: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

Governing Committee March 5, 2015 2 minutes read

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Reviews for this film from our members:

  • [New – 7/2/15] | Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
    • Excerpt: While The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel attempts to recapture the magic of the original, something was a bit off.
  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
    • Excerpt: A delightful visit with old friends and a chance to see how they are faring
  • Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
    • Excerpt: a big, bright mess of a movie whose cast and locales distract from its screenwriting lapses.
  • Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
    • Excerpt: The only significant thing to discuss about the movie is how familiar it is…
  • Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
    • Excerpt: ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ is a step-up from its predecessor, allowing the characters to indulge in their quirks and adventures while audiences simply enjoy the performances.
  • Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
    • Excerpt: Satisfyingly soapy, culminating in a gloriously pseudo-Bollywood dance spectacle…
  • Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
    • Excerpt: Even with all the amorous adventures, the production is absolute drudgery for a moviegoer to endure. Not much of consequence happens.
  • Charlie Juhl @ Citizen Charlie
    • Excerpt: Why yes, it is The SECOND BEST Exotic Marigold Hotel
  • Kristin Dreyer Kramer @ NightsAndWeekends.com
  • Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
    • Excerpt: Check out time.
  • Pat Mullen @ Cinemablographer
    • Excerpt: This delightful return to the Marigold Hotel mostly lives up to the high bar set by its predecessor: like a trip back to a favourite getaway, this holiday is only really missing the sparkly sense of surprise that makes the first Marigold such a winner.
  • João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
    • Excerpt: Simples, Leve e Divertido
  • Jason Pirodsky @ Expats.cz
    • Excerpt: Second Best is right. One of the more unlikely sequels to come out this year – and one of the more ungainly titles – is proud to be little more than a continuation of events in the lives of characters established in the first movie.
  • Diego Salgado @ Guía del Ocio [Spanish]
  • Tom Santilli @ Examiner.com
    • Excerpt: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is not a great movie, but it is not bad either, and marginally better than the first.
  • Sarah Ward @ Concrete Playground

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