Since I thoroughly enjoyed the charming, quirky and very British humor of the movie, I thought it would be fun to read the novel on which the film was based. The author is an experienced and successful novelist in her native Britain. What I discovered however, is that --- oh so typically --- the studio that acquired the rights to this novel took the title, the setting, the characters, and the plot and turned them all into something quite different from the original. Only in this case the film is better than the novel, which while entertaining enough, has nothing of the charm, quirkiness or humor of the film.
The book is about the experiences of a group of British retirees trying to stretch their reduced resources by going to live in a retirement "hotel" in India, but that's where the resemblance ends. Treat yourself to another view of the film; it takes less time and you'll enjoy it far more.
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