This second outing to the surprise hit (and profit-making) original brings back almost all of the original team and delivers more of the same, with all of the ingredients the precisely-targeted silver cinemagoing audience loved the first time round: veteran performers delivering with expertise and credibility, a refreshing take on older-age themes, the sunny exoticness of touristy India and a deft script. As is common with modern sequels, the tone is slightly more sombre this time round, and there are nods to the first film's international breakout acceptance with the addition of a few younger/American characters (with the addition of a sincere Richard Gere working effectively). The characters get well-balanced exposure to keep the various story threads running well, the teaming up of Maggie Smith and Dev Patel is considerable fun to watch, and there is a genuine sense that this was a sequel everyone involved actually wanted to make.
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