A collection of pensioners in gray old Britain decide a brighter life awaits in an Indian retirement hotel but when they arrive they find it isn't exactly ready. Still, India is the perfect place for even pensioners to grow spiritually.
As with so many British films containing an ensemble cast like this, (Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Dev Patel, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and more) a largely predictable and fairly lightweight plot doesn't prevent the film being highly entertaining. The presented view of India is very Anglo-centric and simplistic but provides scope for fish out of water comedy where the characters, and hence us, learn these views aren't an appropriate lens through which to view exceedingly complex cultures.
The laughs are gentle and with beautiful cinematography you may well find yourself longing for a holiday to India.
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