The Other End of the Line - Movie Review and Synopsis

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Category: Movies. Tags: Austin Basis, India, Jesse Metcalfe, Larry Miller, Maharashtra, Michael Chen, Mumbai, Nouva Monika Wahlgren, Romance, The Other End of the Line.

The Other End of the Line An employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone. A beautiful credit card phone operator lives in India but pretends to be American to her callers, an Indian credit card phone operator travels to San Francisco for a romantic liaison with a man she met through her work. Upon her arrival in San Francisco, however, she decides to keep her true identity a secret, which threatens to dampen the sparks between her and her potential beau.

Producer Ashok Amritraj has a mixed track record here in the U.S., with plenty of hits and misses during his nearly 25 years in the business. This romantic comedy is an experiment; Amritraj wants to see if he can successfully import some Indian stars to America, and vice versa. While I feel like the former landscaper’s physique will turn heads in any country, I don’t think it’s going to be on display in this good-natured affair. Ditto Metcalfe’s lesser-known co-star, Sara Foster, who looks like a supermodel from yesterday (but, you know, updated for today) without the résumé to back it up (yet).

Rated PG-13 for some suggestive material.