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    Nov 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. John Madden and Ol Parker riff on 'Marigold Hotel'

    What if you could outsource retirement? "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" took a cast loaded with British talent — Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy among them — to India to find out. The fish-out-of-England romantic comedy did boffo business. With a $10-million budget, it has grossed more than $135 million worldwide since its May release, making it Fox Searchlight's highest-grossing specialty film of 2012.
    What if you could outsource retirement? "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" took a cast loaded with British talent — Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy among them — to India to find out. The fish-out-of-England romantic comedy did boffo...

    Tags: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (movie), Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Movies, Romance (genre)

    2. Aug 15, 2012 |Story| Zap2It

  2. 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'

    Several terrific British acting veterans - including Judi Dench, who was guided to her "Shakespeare in Love" Oscar by this film's director, John Madden - star in this engaging tale of several retirees who invest their money in a site in India, where they intend to enjoy their retirement.
    Several terrific British acting veterans - including Judi Dench, who was guided to her "Shakespeare in Love" Oscar by this film's director, John Madden - star in this engaging tale of several retirees who invest their money in a site in India, where...

    Tags: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (movie), Judi Dench, Dev Patel, Bill Nighy, DVDs

    3. May 13, 2012 |Story| KSWB-LTV

  3. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    It&rsquo;s like <em>The Golden Girls</em> if done by Merchant-Ivory.
    Fox 5 San Diego staff
    It’s like The Golden Girls if done by Merchant-Ivory. Okay, it’s not that bad. Sure, a lot of the script feels like it’s a TV sitcom, and hey…it was written by a TV writer. The steller British cast includes Tom Wilkinson (who...

    Tags: Drew Barrymore, Movies, Entertainment Events, Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Maggie Smith

    4. May 17, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

  4. Reel Critics: Laughs, tears at 'Marigold Hotel'

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      John Madden directed the fun-loving Oscar winner "Shakespeare in Love" and the gritty spy thriller "The Debt." He employs his skills somewhere between these two extremes in"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." The story follows several aging Brits needing...

    Tags: Karen Carpenter, Dark Shadows (movie), Tim Burton, Thriller (genre), Michelle Pfeiffer

    5. May 3, 2012 |Column| RedEye

  5. 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' review: If you loved "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" ...

    <strong>** (out of four)</strong>
    ** (out of four) Shame on 2-star movies for the indifference they cause. For the mild successes that quickly fade and for the flaws that could have been avoided with a simple change of procedure. For the fact that bad movies stir up some impassioned...

    Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Fishing, Lifestyle and Leisure, Celia Imrie, Slumdog Millionaire (movie)

    6. May 17, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Judi Dench in 'Best Exotic Marigold Hotel': Betsy Sharkey's pick

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    “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”: British actress Judi Dench rarely makes a wrong move with any role she's given, and the same is true here, writes Los Angeles Times film critic Betsy Sharkey....
    7. Dec 6, 2011 | Zap2It

  7. VOD Spotlight: Helen Mirren and Jessica Chastain team to collect on “The Debt”

    Channel Guide Magazine
    In the dramatic thriller The Debt, Oscar winner Helen Mirren plays Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent who discovers that a notorious Nazi war criminal she had helped hunt down and kill 30 years earlier may still be alive. Needing to know the truth,...
    8. Dec 31, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. 'The Debt' is most under-appreciated film of 2011 (Part 2)

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    "The Debt," starring Jessica Chastain and Sam Worthington, was voted the most under-appreciated movie of 2011...
    9. Nov 4, 2011 |Story| Zap2It

  9. 'The Debt'

    Three characters are split among six actors - Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson and Ciaran Hinds in the present day, and Jessica Chastain, Marton Csokas and Sam Worthington in flashbacks - in director John Madden's (&quot;Shakespeare in Love") cleverly constructed melodrama.
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    Three characters are split among six actors - Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson and Ciaran Hinds in the present day, and Jessica Chastain, Marton Csokas and Sam Worthington in flashbacks - in director John Madden's ("Shakespeare in Love") cleverly constructed...

    Tags: DVDs, Documentary (genre), Helen Mirren, Blu-ray Discs, Tom Wilkinson

    10. Aug 29, 2011 |Story| RedEye

  10. 'The Debt' review: Well, it's better than "Red"

    <strong>**1/2 (out of four)</strong>
    RedEye movie critic
    **1/2 (out of four)   Sure, in 1997 Rachel (Helen Mirren) celebrates the release of her daughter’s book about when Rachel and other Israeli agents took down a Nazi war criminal. However, let’s go to some 30-year-old flashbacks in Berlin...

    Tags: Thriller (genre), Terminator Salvation (movie), Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Red (movie, 2010)

    11. Sep 1, 2011 |Story| Daily Pilot

  11. Reel Critics: Political spy thriller pays its 'Debt'

    Director John Madden and Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren first teamed up in "Prime Suspect," the acclaimed detective series on British television. They transfer much of the gritty tension created in that effort to "The Debt," their new political...

    Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Thriller (genre), World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics

    12. Aug 30, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune
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