First-time director John Jeffcoat's fish-out-of-water comedy, cowritten with George Wing (FIFTY FIRST DATES), finds gentle humor in outsourcing and tin-eared cultural misunderstandings.
Seattle-based Todd Anderson (Josh Hamilton) supervises a telephone fulfillment center for Western Novelties, purveyor of tacky gewgaws for tasteless cheapskates. He hates his job, but he's good at it, so it comes as a shock when his boss (Matt Smith) announces that Todd's entire department is being fired and their jobs outsourced. Todd still has a job, but it involves going to India to train his replacement. From the get-go, Todd and India don't hit it off: He hates the heat ...
Released:
2007
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
103 mins