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

Say what you will about 2011's “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” for all its cuteness and adorability, it never felt like it was content to just let its talented ensemble — including British vets Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, and Bill 

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is to Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants; the sequel is darker than the first. These films cater to demographics to which I don't belong

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

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 

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel review – daft but good-natured sequel. 3 / 5 stars. It's sentimental, silly and stereotypical, but this later-life comedy sequel grows on you, and the thespian firepower of Smith, Imrie, Nighy,