<a href="http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1114353664/tt1412386"><img class="alignright" title="The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Poster" src="http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjIwNjkwMDI2NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDc1ODIyNw@@._V1._SY317_CR0,0,214,317_.jpg" alt="The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Poster" width="171" height="254" /></a>If you want to read an outline of the film then <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Exotic_Marigold_Hotel" target="_blank">click here...</a>

We'd had a tough day. We visited the vets in the morning which resulted in Millie being put to sleep and then took a tour of the Royal &amp; Derngate backstage in the afternoon. We wanted to keep ourselves occupied so on Dave &amp; Lucie's recommendation we went to an early evening showing of the film.

The audience were our age or older and was a reflection of the story. These were not regular cinema goers as the couple in front of us confirmed by the following comment: "should we wait here for the usherette to show us to our seats?" It may have been a joke but it illustrated the age range perfectly - all over 60.

The film was excellent. A film of its time and its age with an aging society we are all looking for excitement in our third age. We may not have the confidence to take ourselves off to exotic India or, as some of our friends have done, to Bulgaria but we are seeking a change to our lives in Market Rasen - different but not too far outside our comfort zone.

But back to the film... It had everything - a marriage that had run out of steam; a man who lost his love 40 years previously and was looking to correct old mistakes; a man who wanted to meet a companion to give him a new life (sex included); a widow who was looking at life with fresh eyes; a woman whose work was everything and had nothing once she went beyond her sell by date; and a woman who couldn't commit to anything. Put these people into a trully alien environment, the "best exotic" hotel, which is in fact run down and close to ruin and you have the whole of life in microscopic format.

We laughed, we cried and we loved it... If you're over 60 and like cinema then get to see this film now!