THIS FILM IS A DRAMEDY targeting BABY BOOMERS and every aesthetic mind who seeks a whip of the Indian exotica, dance and music, a la Bollywood style.
FEAST YOUR EYES on this colorful Indian wedding.
RICHARD GERE still plays an ageing casanova with a penchant for Indian exotica.
Who says that OLD FOLKS cannot have a BOISTEROUS FUN TIME? Watch this picture!
YOU can re-KINDLE the sparks of LOVE here, in this far-from-home sanctuary.
“THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)” Movie Review.
Sonny is an ambitious entrepreneur. He (Dev Patel) prepares to expand the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel targeting the Elderly rich and the Beautiful people. However, he needs financing.
At the same time he plans for his forthcoming wedding and leave the intricate preparations to Sunaina (Tena Desae) in this sequel that re-teams director John Madden with screenwriter Ol Parker.
As the happy residents of the hotel begin settling into their new lives, Sonny has a hectic time juggling the demands of administrative planning for his wedding, whilst checking out for a new property to purchase.
Meanwhile, newly arrived guests Guy (Richard Gere) and Lavinia (Tamsin Greig) find themselves in a predicament, after arriving at the hotel to find there is only one available room.
Perhaps with a little innovation new co-manager Muriel (Maggie Smith) can find a means of accommodating the hotel’s latest occupants,
But for now, her workload has been taken off as Douglas (Bill Nighy) and Evelyn (Judi Dench) begin their new careers in Jaipur, while flirting with each other with the idea of a blooming romance — like Norman (Ronald Pickup) and Carol (Diana Hardcastle).
With romance in the air it’s no wonder that Madge (Celia Imrie) has her pick of handsome suitors, and as stalwart Muriel safeguards the many secrets of the vivacious residents.
Sonny and Sunaina also learn that planning a traditional Indian wedding can be a drilling test for patience.
Interesting film, go watch it!
FOOTNOTE: Some of the wittiest, poignant, and sharp comic prose in the English Language are all here. It’s exhilaration all the way!
RATING: 4 out of 5.
Local Distributor: 20th Century Fox (M) S/B.
“PHILOMENA” PRESS REVIEW
Religion has always been a debatable topic. So spare me.
This Reviewer is a devout Buddhist and knows little about the Catholic faith by way of choice.
Every religion has its own set of principles. We have to respect this.
And for all it’s worth, the Reviewer is here to write an impartial review, unbiased.
Let’s begins with the lead character who’s former journalist Martin Sixsmith.
He has been fired from the British Labour Party, a job he loves, and is now unsure of his next career move.
His luck changes when a young Irish woman approaches him to work on a story about her mother, Philomena.
Philomena had her son forcibly taken away when she was a teenage inmate of a Catholic convent some fifty years ago. It’s been a pretty long time.
Martin sees a scoop here, bagged a magazine sponsorship and goes on a manhunt (the search for her long, lost son).
This journey eventually leads them to America.
Along the way, Martin and Philomena discovers a better understanding between them, leading to an affable friendship.
They also uncovers the truth about her son’s fate. He’s dead. How did he die?
The film is “based on a true story,” and we are shown those chapters that highlights the Church’s harsh treatment of its titular character.
Flashback to year 1952 where an impressionistic teenager Philomena Lee (Sophie Kennedy Clark) had unprotected sex and got herself pregnant.
Being unwedded, the act of coitus is not bliss.
So her parents whisked her off to a convent in Roscrea, Ireland to atone for “her sin.”
Young Philomena gave birth soon after and is then put into a viritable servitude program to serve her penance.
She is only allowed to see her infant son once a week.
The nuns there treat their wards with disdain, contempt and intolerance. So much for the Catholic faith.
That particular convent even sell babies in their care to wealthy Americans for profits. Bless these nuns.
We later discover how Philamena loses her precious little Anthony.
He has been sold to an American family and shipped to the US.
Judi Dench as the older Philamena is awesome for her pitch perfect acting.
Her emotional stance wavers from holding the Church responsible for her emotional and physical damage as she is a God fearing woman.
Steve Coogan as the former political journalist Martin Sixsmith is marvelous.
There’s an engaging chemistry between the two leads.
Martin uncovers clues to Philomena’s long lost son without much ado when she is unable to do so for five solid decades.
This is a lilting film that raises questions about love, religion, endurance and forgiveness paying homage to an old adage “love thy enemies”.
I ask myself, “Can you love your enemies?”
Maybe not.
A leopard never changes his spot, people often say.
Martin Sixsmith’s book was published in 2009 as The Lost Child Of Philomena Lee.
The story was said to have inspired thousands of adopted Irish children and their mothers to come forward with their own stories.
This film will surely expose those horrific acts by relentless nuns, who had thrived for decades to keep the mother and son apart.
Watch it for Judi Dench’s compelling performance. She’s brilliant.
”PHILOMENA” is a cinematic gem not to be missed. Go see it!
Rating: 4 out of 5
