The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

 

 

 

My cousin told me I should watch this movie. She thought I’d really like it. I looked it up. First thing I realised was that it’s about a group of seniors. I thought, “Nyeh… Sounds like a drag.” And obviously, I was wrong. It’s an AMAZING movie. I laughed and I cried and I thought at the end, “I’d definitely want to watch this again.”

I’m sharing some quotes/favourite bits.

 

Evelyn: Nothing here has worked out quite as I expected.
Muriel: Most things don’t. But sometimes what happens instead is the good stuff.

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Evelyn: [about their new environment] Initially you’re overwhelmed. But gradually you realize it’s like a wave. Resist, and you’ll be knocked over. Dive into it, and you’ll swim out the other side.

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Evelyn: There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it. Only a present that builds and creates itself as the past withdraws.

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Jean: The whole thing is actually tremendously exciting. Not just getting on the plane, but getting on the plane and turning left.
Norman Cousins: Turning left?
Jean: First class. And home in time for our fortieth wedding anniversary. We haven’t quite decided how to mark the occasion.
Madge Hardcastle: Perhaps a minute’s silence.

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Evelyn: We get up in the morning.  We do our best.  Nothing else matters.

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 Evelyn: The only real failure is the failure to try. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing.

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