The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (For the Elderly and the Beautiful)

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The film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is based on the book, “These Forbidden Things” I don’t like giving away parts of a film. I’m not totally fond of critics either. Anyone that gets a film done, my hat is off to them. We all know what we like and we have the right to our own opinion. We all see and relate to films in different ways. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel stars Tom Wilkinson as Graham who is looking to face his past and be at peace. Judi Dench is Evelyn who has to learn to be independent. Maggie Smith is Muriel who is great on film. She makes me laugh. Bill Nighy is Doulas, Penelope is Jean, Lucy Robinson is Judith, Celia Imrie is Madge and Dev Patel from Slumdog Millionaire fame is Sonny the manage of the hotel. There are many stories going on here that many people can relate to. It’s a film about people of a certain age and their interaction with the world around them. The world changes everyday and we can choose to change with it or get left behind. Of course there are some instances where we can’t make the change. Either we don’t have the finances or reluctant to educate ourselves. We now have to constantly learn things as the technological age is upon us with a vengeance.

We are also living in a world where younger people are taking control and the older people are living longer and have to continue to work as retirement doesn’t pay the bills. From my experience, each age class is looking for acceptance and love. So many people are starved for certain things that they are missing the opportunities to learn from each other. Human connection is very important.

The message from the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is that we have to accept ourselves before we can accept others. In the grand scheme of things, some people adapt better than others. The film is like the Breakfast Club for the retired set. We share in the lives of these people living at the Marigold Hotel in India. When people are taking out of their comfort zone they get to see themselves differently. People learn to do things they never thought possible. It doesn’t matter how old we are, if we are capable of doing something it can be done. Sometimes things don’t work out the way we expect so we have to think of happier times to get through. It’s what makes life so worthwhile.

“Everything will be alright in the end, it not, it’s not the end.” An Indian Proverb.

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