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Reviews Counted:159
Fresh:23
Rotten:136
Average Rating:3.4/10
Consensus: The Love Guru features far too many gross-out gags, and too few earned laughs, ranking as one of Mike Myers' poorest outings.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $32,178,777
Synopsis: Love, hockey, and Indian spirituality come together in this film that marks Mike Myers's return to live-action comedy. THE LOVE GURU costars Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, and Ben Kingsley.
Starring: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Romany Malco
Director: Marco Schnabel
Puerile and disappointing, what might have been a comical, irreverent look at Eastern guru wisdom a la Mike Myers is a load of balderdash, anchored by an elephantine bag of toilet humour, oversized penises and midget jokes
Top CriticThe satire of Bollywood musicals is obvious but about the closest thing to humour in what is undoubtedly the worst comedy of the year.
Top CriticAs the celebrity love guru of Los Angeles, Mike Meyers delivers jokes so poorly that they just clang to the floor like metal weights.
Top CriticPuerile and disappointing, what might have been a comical, irreverent look at Eastern guru wisdom a la Mike Myers is a load of balderdash, anchored by an elephantine bag of toilet humour, oversized penises and midget jokes
Top CriticThe Love Guru contains a few clever touches but has trouble hanging together as a coherent comedy, let alone a coherent film.
Authentically repellent
...might just be the most puerile mainstream movie ever made...
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Pitka's character seems overly based on what's convenient for a given scene.
It’s hard to take any of it seriously -- which would be fine if it were funny, but it’s not.
I guess the real audience is 40 year-old men with the mind of an 8 year-old.
Allow me to say this very clearly: this is not a good movie.
It appears Myers did not have someone behind the camera reigning him in. Too bad.
Myers has his head in the toilet more than a Florida State University freshman co-ed during homecoming weekend.
Like a kid let loose in a toy store, this bad boy horny guru could have used more direction, but he does impress with his driving skills atop a pachyderm, during elephant sex.
...fairly mindless stuff that may appeal to die-hard Myers fans.
I am still comfortable believing Myers is a comic genius, but it's no where to be seen here.
The whole vaguely pitiable enterprise has tiny flickers of brilliance which can’t be denied, but almost can’t be detected, either.
Most jokes are centred around either genitalia or that Austin Powers-style of wink-nudge faux sexuality, which doesn't work at all with this character.
Dismal, laugh-free comedy that's actually painful to sit through, thanks to a badly conceived central character, a lazy script and Myers' incessant mugging.
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