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Outsourced | 
 enlarge | Director: John Jeffcoat
Actors: Ayesha Dharker, Josh Hamilton, Larry Pine, Asif Basra, Matt Smith
Studio: Ocean Park Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 3781
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: PCHD1060D
UPC: 810863010609
EAN: 8108630106092
ASIN: B00198TUO4
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: September 2, 2008
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Product Description
Studio: Porchlight Ent Inc Release Date: 09/02/2008 Run time: 103 minutes Rating: Pg13
Amazon.com
The low-key, charming Outsourced is a thoughtful satire about the human side of contemporary frustrations associated with the global economy. Josh Hamilton (The House of Yes) stars as Todd Anderson, vice president of customer relations for a Seattle company that sells phone-order, patriotic kitsch. Part of Todd's job is keeping his operators' order-taking time down to a few minutes. He's good at what he does, but that doesn't stop the company from outsourcing Todd's entire department to somewhere in India, where local workers can field customer calls more cheaply. A reluctant Todd is sent to the subcontinent to train his own replacement and get the new operators up to speed. Neither task goes well, but adding to Todd's frustration is culture shock over everything from Indian table manners to public transportation to minimal bathroom fixtures. There's something familiar about this particular fish-out-of-water tale (television's Northern Exposure, as well as such features as Local Hero and Doc Hollywood). The gentle but illuminating Outsourced proves the story, as long as it's told well, never gets old. Todd eventually realizes the best way to escape India and get back to Seattle, ironically, is to let go of his resistance to India's culture and people. Transformation precedes liberation, but the lovely question in Outsourced is this: once Todd is transformed, what does he need to be liberated from? The film's deliberate, carefully paced narrative can't obscure the feeling of epiphany that permeates Outsourced. Nor can some of its other delights: assured location shooting and a fine supporting cast, including a wry Ayesha Dharker as Todd's romantic interest, and a brief appearance by Larry Pine as a kind of older, more serene version of the disoriented central character. --Tom Keogh
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Outsourced-Good film October 30, 2008
Keith Mirenberg (www.spaceanimations.org)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Outsourced was an entertaining and very funny film which I rate at four stars along with the majority of Amazon reviewers. The film obviously is about outsourcing and presents this as a source of wealth, but also a potential problem even for India when competing with China in the world market.
The story is delightful and paints the working population of India as practical, competitive, polite and hard working. It also pulls no punches about the many problems of India. The opening scenes are charming showing an American businessman traveling through India to his new assignment and his encounters with colorful local people.
One scene which typifies the film illustrates his travels on a crowded Indian train where a small boy offers him his seat. Then, as if it were the most natural thing, the boy climbs into his lap and resumes his fidgeting. A little later when the businessman offers another small boy some money as charity the child hugs the man out of gratitude. Then, just as we start to think "how nice", the child lifts his wallet.
 Worth the Rental! October 28, 2008
Trever Meenen (Ithaca, NY)
This movie is really good and very funny and everyone should rent it and see what I mean.
Culture shock and love - a sleeper movie October 27, 2008
K. Maxwell (Perth, Australia)
Outsourced is one of those quiet movies that are nevertheless an enjoyable watch. When Josh finds his job outsourced to India, to add insult to injury he is asked to go over there and train his replacement. Initially angry he finds in India both love and appreciation for the good things at home in the USA that he had neglected for years. India is grimy, poor and incredibly lively.
Shot on location in India and the USA this is a movie of contrasts from a land where people have so much money that they can spend it on the junk that is sold from the Indian call centre to a country where people are so poor that they quite literally wash and live on the streets. I enjoyed this movie - it doesn't try to whitewash the grimy portions of India, but it also shows you the warmth of the people which in my experience rings true. This is not a love-conquers-all movie, but its one which you come away with a good feeling about.
Wow, what an unexpected find! October 26, 2008
Helen S. Lam
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a great find! This is a charming comedy that mixes cross-cultural faux pas with romance. India offers a rich canvas for this original plot. Some scenes were so funny and memorable that we replayed them after watching the film. They were still funny the second time around. I highly recommend this film that will please both men and women.
A Delightful Comedy October 16, 2008
D. Hupp (Woodbridge, VA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you like light-hearted romantic comedies, this is one to see. The cross-cultural differences in business, family, social, and romantic relationships provide a number of funny moments and an enjoyable story.
Josh Hamilton and Ayesha Dharker find that working together in India to improve productivity in a mediocre call center not only stirs the passions of these 2 stellar producers but also gets the attention of the corporate execs back in the States.
4+ stars.
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