Director: John Madden
Cast: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith
Genre: Comedy 2011
Running time: 124 mins.
Rating:★★½
When seven cash-strapped seniors decide to "outsource" their retirement to a resort in far-off India, friendship and romance blossom in the most unexpected ways.
The life they once knew and cherished has now come to a stop, when having to face the inevitable retirement. Avoiding death and aging, money and prejudices, These seven people will now make a journey to India where seemingly black-and-white mentality will now have color and ways they could never imagine! You will never find many films that have two accomplished actresses with more gumption, as you will with Judi Dench and Maggie Smith! Both of their characters sticks up their asses, one with racism and the other having to cope with doing things by herself without her late husband. And though the lot, being English, that they are the more civilized culture. But are they really? Is it simply ignorance that makes them start to wonder whether their trip is a good idea gone wrong? As their journey opens their minds, their revelation immersed in an alien culture that will help them find themselves again as the transition into the next phase of their lives. Which is most definitely not a means to an end, but an awakening joy!
The cinematography beautifully uses muted blue undertones in the beginning of where are the audience meets the state of the characters and then transitions into vibrant red and golden undertones when the characters allow themselves to let go of what they knew and start enjoying the unknown .
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