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That it never mixed up any Arab stereotype with the Indian ones is both surprising and commendable for an American movie. The first half of the movie that takes time to build up the image of India perceived by a foreigner is actually quite accurate. There are things unbearable and overwhelming about India, but much the way the protagonist discovers, it all becomes much easier when you lose yourself into the wilderness that India is.

Holi, a festival in India, is seen as a a metaphor to that - an act of curiosity met with a deeper involvement. Of course, it is the wilderness after all that forms the appeal of India. There is this whole set of rituals, mythologies, beliefs and practices that evolved with complete disconnection from the West and offer an alternate reality to the foreigner.

This dualism of disgust and curiosity flows parallel in the movie and achieves a sort of resolution in the end. There are very few movies that have chosen to explore this interest in India, without getting into yoga, kamasutra and henna. This movie does not aspire to do in cinema what the book world-is-flat did in popular literature. It is not trying to tell you that the world is changing to the advantage of the Third world or argue on whether capitalism is the only hope for the poor.

It mildly makes fun of this whole world that corporate culture has given us when it pokes fun at imitation of American accents and at how that becomes a career skill for some. It looks at outsourcing as the outcome of this commoditization of human experiences altogether. I was made to feel that outsourcing is a by-product of uneven growth that our current economic systems result in.

The resolution is probably through not letting oneself become a product of one's circumstances — be it corporate policies or greed for money. That resolution could've been expressed much better way- but unfortunately the movie fumbled in the second half. If I weren't really impressed with the first half, I might not have finished watching it. Sometimes it even appeared whether the movie was meant to be a comedy or something else. Still, overall this makes for an interesting experiment with India.

FAQ 2. What was it with the food being passed over the wall? Details Edit. Release date November 29, Israel. United States. Official site. English Hindi. ShadowCatcher Entertainment.

Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 43 minutes. And in a time when the word "chemistry" is lightly bandied about, what they generate is the real thing. As in most Indian movies, there is no explicit sex, but because this is a U.

Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Rated PG for some sexual content. Matt Smith as Dave. Josh Hamilton as Todd Anderson. Larry Pine as Veteran tourist. Asif Basra as Purohit N. Ayesha Dharker as Asha.

Reviews Hello, Central, give me Bangalore. Roger Ebert September 27, Now streaming on:. Powered by JustWatch. Now playing. Introducing, Selma Blair Christy Lemire. Operation Hyacinth Odie Henderson. Night Teeth Nick Allen. Algren Peter Sobczynski. Todd finds that he must learn about the Indian culture before he can even think of Americanizing his subordinates with help from the new assistant manager who becomes his love interest.

This development season, NBC approached him to helm another pilot, but he urged the execs to revisit Outsourced instead. This year, NBC has another hot comedy pilot that touches upon the economic downturn, This Little Piggy , about adult siblings moving in with their older brother after falling on hard times. Normally, social issues resonate deeper with people in the more conservative middle and southern regions of the country.

But outsourcing is actually a subject that touches a nerve even in largely liberal and open-minded Hollywood. Sony Pictures Entertainment recently became the latest studio to ship most of its IT operations to India, resulting in mass layoffs.

On the other hand, each broadcast network still has to depend on American audiences to tune into its TV shows for successful ratings. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy.