A trip to the cinema

I rarely visit the cinema so a trip to see The Very Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with 'The Gals' was a great treat, especially when I looked around the audience to see that we appeared to be the youngest group in the cinema.

This is what I want from light entertainment, simply a real feel good movie with a tremendous cast list of well known characters.  There is no show stopping complicated plot, it is simply a charming story, often very poignant, showing the colourful vibrant city life in Jaipur and stunning temple on the lake at Udaipur.

The all-star line up delivered some brilliant one liners and it was quite politically incorrect in places. I did find Maggie Smith's racism at the beginning rather toe curling, however as the story developed it was warming to see how she had completely changed her views.

The  audience were ready to join in with the adventures of the retired characters who had chosen to settle in this shabby, but beautiful hotel, to try and stretch their retirement savings.  We all roared with laughter at the innuendoes and jokes.

There was one moment when a bit of a commotion started down the line of my friends and for one awful moment I thought maybe 'Fruitcake' had dropped her contact lenses or worse still fallen asleep!  Not to worry, she had just realised the film was set in the stunning area of India that she had visited a couple of months ago on her yoga holiday, a bit of whispering down the row and we were all settled again!

Wonderful to see such a number of our much loved actors in one film giving us a taste of the exotic charms of India.

Photos: 20th Century Fox