The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

The British actors hold things together, adding charm, sparkle and mischief to a script that pales in comparison to the original. The title seems to prepare you for that anyway.

Catch up with characters you wished you could spend more time with in the first visit. Encouragingly, they are all still alive and are joined by some equally endearing newbies.

It's especially lovely to have a movie with so many older relationships and actors elevating material above the script.

The audience is dragged into a world even more technicolored than before; one brimming with light and music, designed to evoke the eternal charm of India more prominently than ever.

Sequels often shoot themselves in the foot when they retread ground already covered by their predecessors; heightened whimsy, airiness and positivity are what distinguish Second Best from The Best.