The Love Guru (2008)
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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
Reviews for The Love Guru
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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 Full Review |
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1/5 |
The satire of Bollywood musicals is obvious but about the closest thing to humour in what is undoubtedly the worst comedy of the year. Full Review |
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2/5 |
As the celebrity love guru of Los Angeles, Mike Meyers delivers jokes so poorly that they just clang to the floor like metal weights. Full Review |
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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 Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
The Love Guru contains a few clever touches but has trouble hanging together as a coherent comedy, let alone a coherent film. Full Review |
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Authentically repellent Full Review |
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 2.5/4 |
...might just be the most puerile mainstream movie ever made... Full Review |
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B- |
Click to read the article Full Review |
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Pitka's character seems overly based on what's convenient for a given scene. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
It’s hard to take any of it seriously -- which would be fine if it were funny, but it’s not. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
I guess the real audience is 40 year-old men with the mind of an 8 year-old. Full Review |
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4/10 |
Allow me to say this very clearly: this is not a good movie. Full Review |
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2/5 |
It appears Myers did not have someone behind the camera reigning him in. Too bad. Full Review |
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.5/4 |
Myers has his head in the toilet more than a Florida State University freshman co-ed during homecoming weekend. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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3/10 |
...fairly mindless stuff that may appeal to die-hard Myers fans. Full Review |
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3/10 |
I am still comfortable believing Myers is a comic genius, but it's no where to be seen here. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The whole vaguely pitiable enterprise has tiny flickers of brilliance which can’t be denied, but almost can’t be detected, either. Full Review |
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2/5 |
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. Full Review |
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1/5 |
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. Full Review |
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