September 19, 2006

I wanna try "Monkey Pulls The Turnip"!

Saturday, September 16 7:30 PM VARSITY 8

The concept behind this movie is fantastic, and I don't think anyone was more surprised than the writers that it hadn't been done before. It's basically The Great American Rom-Com In India.

Our hero here is a call center manager (in Order Fulfillment) who's told to tell his team they're fired, all their jobs have been outsourced to India. He's not fired though, they need him to go to India and get things working there.

So most of the movie is a "fish out of water" piece as he tries desperately to grapple with the realities of living in India. There's also the new office and his new team there, another great source of hilarity. Then there's the magnificent and beautiful Ayesha Dharker and the relationship that develops there.

By the end of the movie you've enjoyed a couple good twists and turns, you've laughed uproariously at a couple great bits, and you might even have gotten the happy ending that you were hoping for and despaired of seeing. Much like Amile, this is one of those fantastic date movies that you'll never forget even if you forget whoever it was you saw it with.

This movie would easily be worth a Golden Boot if only I actually cared what India was like. That means it's awesome and you'll love it. Someone will distribute it, and you should take someone to go see it.

Posted by Task at 10:35 AM