The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
6.6/10
52 822
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6.4/10
786
6.5/10
38000
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Budget
$10 000 000
Revenue
$85 978 266
Director
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Composer
Producer
Photo Graham Broadbent
Graham Broadbent
Actors
Photo Dev Patel
Dev Patel
Sonny Kapoor
Photo Judi Dench
Judi Dench
Evelyn Greenslade
Photo Richard Gere
Richard Gere
Guy Chambers
Photo Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith
Muriel Donnelly
Photo Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy
Douglas Ainslie
Photo Celia Imrie
Celia Imrie
Madge Hardcastle
Photo Penelope Wilton
Penelope Wilton
Jean Ainslie
Photo Ronald Pickup
Ronald Pickup
Norman Cousins
All actors and roles (10)

Short description

Sonny Kapoor is running the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for retirees in India while preparing to marry Sunaina, and he wants to expand by opening a second property. His plans run into trouble because the original hotel has only one room left, and two new arrivals need somewhere to stay: an American visitor named Guy Chambers and a woman named Lavinia. Muriel, now sharing the management with Sonny, spends much of her time listening to the residents, among them Madge, who is juggling two suitors, Norman and Carol, who keep arguing about their relationship, and Evelyn and Douglas, who have taken up work. The film continues the stories begun in the 2012 original.

John Madden directs this sequel, his eleventh feature in chronological order, following The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and preceding Miss Sloane, from a screenplay by Ol Parker. Dev Patel, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy and Celia Imrie return, with Richard Gere joining the cast as Guy Chambers. The production had a budget of about 10 million dollars and took roughly 86 million dollars worldwide.

Audience scores are moderate and close to each other, at 6.5 out of 10 on IMDb from around 38,000 votes and 6.4 out of 10 on TMDB from 786 votes, while a critics' rating of 6 out of 10 comes from 183 reviews. The smaller vote count on TMDB suggests a more limited sample there.

What's left behind the scenes

  • In the trailer, Evelyn (Judi Dench) states that Muriel (Maggie Smith) is only 19 days older than her. In reality, Maggie Smith is 19 days younger than Judi Dench.
  • At the beginning of the film, the characters drive along Route 66 and then end up in San Diego. This highway ends in Los Angeles, not San Diego.
  • In the scene where Celia Imrie’s character is in a hospital waiting room, she is reading “Fifty Shades of Grey” by E.L. James.

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