Outsourced

PG-13

2006

1h 38m

Comedy

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76%

42 Reviews

Tomatometer

73%

5,000+ Ratings

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American call-center manager Todd (Josh Hamilton) is shocked to learn that his company is shutting down and moving its operations to India. He is told that he will be heading the transition team and training his counterpart in Mumbai -- a task he dreads. While initially baffled by Indian culture, Josh eventually begins to get along with his new coworkers, and, with the help of female staffer Asha (Ayesha Dharker), he learns to appreciate his new surroundings.

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Critics Consensus

Outsourced is a charming and lighthearted comedy that appeals because of its timeliness and strong cast of likeable characters.

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Drew Toal

Time Out

Rated: 2/5

Nov 18, 2011

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Ben Kenigsberg

Time Out

Rated: 2/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Susan Walker

Toronto Star

In the hands of a lesser director, the secondary characters, including Todd's matronly Indian landlady, might have been mere caricatures. Smart production design and camerawork enhance the sense of authenticity.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 29, 2008

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Martin Tsai

New York Sun

While it doesn’t have the kind of cultural sensitivity you’d find in a Mira Nair film, “Outsourced” is at the very least not condescending to foreign culture.

Apr 21, 2023

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Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

An indie crowd pleaser with a timely message, Outsourced is a kind of globalization lite romantic comedy, simultaneously touching on some fairly grim issues with a soft focus lens.

Sep 9, 2008

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Michele Kenner

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Sending jobs overseas, a hot-button issue for some Americans, gets gentle, good-natured treatment in Outsourced.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 5, 2008

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Roy V

It's not so much the romance that is impactful but more the simple pageantry that is on display. The enduring quality of the people, though characters in a movie, is left to the values of the environment from which they are born and bread.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/13/23

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Audience Member

I saw this film during the height of the recession while I was working in Customer Service and people all around me were losing their jobs to outsourcing. I found absolutely NOTHING funny about this movie at the time. It was just horrible. This isn't event a comment on the actors or anything like that - but the story was just SO out of touch for the time it literally made me see red. It totally made light of the devastating loss Americans faced because of outsourcing and did nothing to improve anyone's perspective on the situation. I don't blame people from India for taking jobs that they also need - but I sure as hell don't want to watch a RomCom about Americans losing everything, but its A OK because Indian people are lovely and have a beautiful country. WTF does that have to do with anything? This dude still has no job - he can't support his new relationship with this girl - he has nothing for him when he goes home. It was all just glossed over and it infuriated me to no end. How someone saws this film and said, Hey! let's make it into a sitcom, Americans will totally love watching a show about how its OK that you lost your job and can't find new work because look - these people are funny, and awww ROMANCE! It just shows how DISCONNECTED people are from what Americans (of ALL backgrounds) were facing at the time. Maybe if I watched it now I would feel differently since outsourcing is SO INGRAINED in our society now. But I sat through this entire film horrified at how casually they addressed someone losing their livelihood and having to train their replacement just to get their severance. (there was outrage over Disney doing this several years ago - except they brought people IN). Because when he goes home he will have nothing, and even less options because if you worked in this field - the jobs were ALL being sent overseas and you had very limited options in what became a VERY competitive field. There are families STILL struggling financially more than 15 years later because of Outsourcing. If I could give this movie negative stars I would.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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steve d

Although I prefer the fantastic tv show, the film is cute, timely and a lot of fun.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

John Jeffcoat directed this pleasant romcom.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Loved it! The basis of the NBC tv series of the same name, this movie brings a deeper level of self exploration and a whole lot of heart. Relocated to India when his company outsources the order fulfillment department, Todd finds himself on a journey of discover what "fulfillment" really means.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

I just found out about this one. I actually saw the show to which this movie was based. This is a pretty good one. A man moves to India to train a manager to replace him by outsourcing. In doing so the Indians learn about America and he learns about India. It's a good movie full of a culture not too many see.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Synopsis

American call-center manager Todd (Josh Hamilton) is shocked to learn that his company is shutting down and moving its operations to India. He is told that he will be heading the transition team and training his counterpart in Mumbai -- a task he dreads. While initially baffled by Indian culture, Josh eventually begins to get along with his new coworkers, and, with the help of female staffer Asha (Ayesha Dharker), he learns to appreciate his new surroundings.

Director: John Jeffcoat
Producer: David Skinner, George Wing
Screenwriter: George Wing, John Jeffcoat
Production Co: ShadowCatcher Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $161.6K
Runtime: 1h 38m

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