Despite patronizing critics , ` ` Best Exotic Marigold Hotel '' is surprise hit movie of the year . Nicolaus Mills : Movie 's popularity shows people do care about older people 's lives . Mills : English literature often covers up failures of British literature by contrasting life abroad . ` ` Marigold Hotel '' reveals the compassion in India that was lacking in life in England .
Despite patronizing critics , `` Best Exotic Marigold Hotel '' is surprise hit movie of the year . Nicolaus Mills : Movie 's popularity shows audiences do care about older people 's lives . Mills : English literature often points up failures of British society by contrasting life abroad . `` Marigold Hotel '' reveals the compassion in India that was lacking in life in England .