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12/30/06
The Guru (2003)
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Reviews Counted:87
Fresh:50
Rotten:37
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: A sweetly silly but wafer-thin romantic comedy.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Only a guru could have predicted the fate awaiting Ramu Gupta (Jimi Mistry), a young Indian dance teacher with the best moves in Delhi. Mesmerized by a friend's promise of a New York penthouse and... [More]
Starring: Heather Graham, Marisa Tomei, Jimi Mistry, Christine Baranski
Director: Daisy Von Scherler Mayer
Reviews for The Guru
Top CriticA core of feel-good humour within the rhythm of a con comedy, delivering crowd-pleasing warmth at the same time as some genuinely sharp laughs.
09/09/02
Stirs together Bollywood and Hollywood, satire and romance, to create an appealing masala dish of a movie.
08/12/02
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10/30/02
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08/26/02
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08/27/02
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07/14/02
Mistry and the film have an underdog charisma and a light sense of humor manages to put a fresh spin on some of the clichés.
01/31/03
Top CriticUna fiesta total, una larga serie de momentos de gusto, un gran gurú, comedia divertida y, para los caballeros, Heather con una sensualidad que no necesita ni quitarse la ropa...
10/08/02
mixes the exuberance of Bollywood with measured lunacy of 30s screwball comedies and adds just a dash of “The Joy of Sex”
04/05/03
A lighthearted comedy that actually takes some rare risks.
01/30/03
Such a delightfully silly masala of Hollywood genre conventions, Bollywood fantasy and porn movie stupidity that it's beside the point to wish it had lived up to its original conception.
01/31/03
Even without roller skates, Heather Graham makes a great porn star.
01/30/03
Mistry and co-star Heather Graham lend a fetching naivete to their characters.
01/31/03
Delightful screwball comedy.
02/07/03
It's quirky, funny, and it might leave you craving naan and a big musical number.
01/31/03
A screwball farce, not a musical, but it's entertainingly ridiculous in some of the same ways Moulin Rouge was.
02/14/03
This is the kind of movie for which the term 'guilty pleasure' was coined.
01/30/03
There's much to relish here, including a raft of deft supporting performances.
10/20/02
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