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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} ''[[The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]]'' is a 2011 film starring [[Judi Dench]], [[Bill Nighy]], [[Penelope Wilton]], [[Ronald Pickup]], [[Celia Imrie]], [[Tom Wilkinson]], [[Maggie Smith]], and [[Dev Patel]]. Its seven main characters are retired British people, who are all staying at the eponymous hotel for varying reasons. {{tropelist}} * [[All-Star Cast]]: An ensemble of highly acclaimed British actors. * [[Arranged Marriage]]: Sonny's mum wants to marry him off to a wealthy girl from Delhi. * [[Bollywood Nerd]]: Subverted. Sonny tries to present himself as a precocious business genius, but he is ''horrible'' at running the hotel and seems to have problems with maths. * [[Cool Old Guy]] and [[Cool Old Lady]]: Simply put, it's their movie. * [[Dirty Old Man]]: Norman. * [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: The British Indian retirement version: [[Shaun of the Dead\|Shaun's]] Mum is married to [[The Boat That Rocked\|Quentin]], {{spoiler\|then they separate and he ends up with [[James Bond\|M]]}}. [[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind\|Dr Howard]] has waited his entire life to reconcile with an Indian man. ** [[Harry Potter\|Professor McGonagall]] is a racist old cripple {{spoiler\|who turns nice and saves the day}}. * [[Incompatible Orientation]]: Why Jean's attempt to make a move on {{spoiler\|Graham}} doesn't work out too well. * [[~~Straight~~Invisible ~~Gay~~to Gaydar]]: {{spoiler\|Graham}}.▼ * [[Large Ham]]: Of all people, Dev Patel! * [[Meaningful Name]]: Sonny (see directly below). * [[Mistaken for Gay]]: Madge, briefly, by Sonny's mother. * [[My Beloved Smother]]: Played with. Sonny's mother is over-controlling and insensitive to her son's dreams and feelings - but, given Sonny's inability to properly manage the hotel, her actions are at least partly justified. * [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: Douglas spends the night getting high at a brothel. We only learn about this after his night-traveling montage; but the scene would have been spectacular as acted by Nighy. * [[Operator From India]]: Sonny's girlfriend works in a call ~~centre~~center, and Evelyn also takes up a job coaching Indian operators in English culture. * [[Polish the Turd]]: The decrepit hotel is advertised as a dream holiday spot. * [[Racist Grandma]]: Muriel. * [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: A [[Running Gag]]: Sonny speaks English using overblown, florid vocabulary, even when he's being personal and not simply shilling his hotel.▼ ▲* [[Straight Gay]]: {{spoiler\|Graham}} * [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Jean gets a spectacular one after constant criticism of Douglas and his growing closeness to Evelyn. ▲* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: A [[Running Gag]]: Sonny speaks English using overblown, florid vocabulary, even when he's being personal and not simply shilling his hotel. * [[Took a Level In Kindness]]: Muriel. * [[Type Caste]]: Indian caste stratification is specifically addressed in the movie. * [[Wide -Eyed Idealist]]: Sonny. Though unlike how this usually goes, he actually doesn't have all the skills he needs to achieve his dream. {{reflist}} [[Category:Films of the 2010s]] [[Category:The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The}} [[Category:Film]]