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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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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 Full Review Ben Kenigsberg Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member John Jeffcoat directed this pleasant romcom. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
Tom Gorai
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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