Outsourced – Auf Umwegen zum Glück (2006)

Outsourced – Auf Umwegen zum Glück: Directed by John Jeffcoat. With Josh Hamilton, Matt Smith, Rudolf Rodrigues, Jaineeraj Rajpurohit. After his entire department is outsourced, an American novelty products salesman (Hamilton) heads to India to train his replacement.

“I had an absolute blast watching this movie today. It was funny, moving and most of all, sincere. It would have been very easy for the filmmakers to fall back into stereotypes while writing and shooting this movie, but they skillfully steered clear of any pitfalls that plague so many other movies out there, especially in this genre.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI got the chance to see this movie at a special screening at UW in Seattle today and join in a Qu0026amp;A session with the writers (and director) John and George, Ayesha, who plays Asha, and a few of the producers. John, the director and co-writer, mentioned he had spent quite some time in Nepal and India during his student years. And although the story itself is a fictional one, the cultural shocks and experiences Todd goes through were largely based on Johnu0026#39;s own experiences during his time abroad. This seems to make for a very honest take on the nuances of this story. Luckily the movie not only focuses on Toddu0026#39;s shock of arriving in a completely new culture. The local people that Todd deals with on a daily basis also find they need to adjust to Toddu0026#39;s American way of running a call center. This makes for a balanced telling of a story about cultural differences and, maybe more importantly, the similarities.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt may not be a groundbreaking movie by any blockbuster standards, but the sincerity seems to be coming straight from the heart. And thatu0026#39;s something you rarely see in movies nowadays. This movie deserves all the attention it gets. So go see it! And if you like it, tell your friends.”