The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

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.