Nicolaus Mills: “Marigold Hotel,” a hit despite the critics, is part of a long literary tradition of the British finding happiness abroad.

Roughly midway through “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” a lovesick Bill Nighy notes that Judi Dench’s character has “checked out,” referring of course to her status at the hotel.

Maggie Smith and Judi Dench reunite in Jaipur, India, for The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which came to theaters Friday.Despite a stellar cast, the sequel to the surprise 2012 hit comedy ...

Some people were surprised that The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel became such a worldwide phenomenon. After all, it was a comedy about a bunch of aging British pensioners learning to both live and ...

Opens Friday at Baxter Cinema Rating%3A PG%2C for some language and suggestive comments Running time%3A 122 minutes Review%3A 2 1/2 stars out of 5 It's fair to say that pretty much nobody, not ...

A perfectly harmless piece of counterprogramming for the rambunctious summer movie season, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" follows in the footsteps of countless other quaint, lengthily titled ...

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is more like a serving of lukewarm treacle than savory tikka masala. Like its affable 2012 predecessor, this sequel (**1/2 out of four; rated PG; opens Friday ...

“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”is an affectionately told comedy about a bunch of English retirees who trade a bleak British future for an elegant retirement hotel in the middle of India, one ...

A part of me just wants to keep “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” at a distance, because there is something about it so glum and hangdog — and hangdog in that distinctly British, expect ...

But, surprisingly enough, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" works. More than that: If I told you just the plot of "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," you likely wouldn't expect much.

Nicolaus Mills: “Marigold Hotel,” a hit despite the critics, is part of a long literary tradition of the British finding happiness abroad.

In 2011, director John Madden and screenwriter Ol Parker adapted a novel by Deborah Moggach about white British retirees moving to a less-than-luxurious hotel in India. The result was “The Best Exotic ...