'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' Review: Faded Petals, Green Shoots

In the wake of The King's Speech and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, film-makers have finally woken up to the benefits of the “grey pound”. Thus, despite the absence of a second source novel by Deborah Moggach, director 

Don't feel sorry for the pension patrons of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel —despite all of Dev Patel's jokes about his property being the best place for one to die, the ensemble dramedy's ex-pats evoked the exact 

The clash of cultures has been rubbed off the marigolds in "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." Most of the characters are back — those who didn't die off — in this sequel comedy about British retirees lured to India where their money goes

As I put it in my video review above, the movie business' favorite set of geezers are back and in fine form in the sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Returning from the 2011 hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel are 

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, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, is second best