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.
Theatrical Release:01-08-2008
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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Pitka's character seems overly based on what's convenient for a given scene. 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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0/5 |
At one point Kingsley’s character makes his pupils duel with mops soaked in his own urine. If you think that’s funny, be my guest. Full Review |
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Funny in fits and starts, though the fits are a little convulsive and the starts seldom come with a convincing ending or pay-off. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The puerile levels to which it sinks make even Goldmember, the crudest of the Austin Powers movies, look like Brief Encounter. Full Review |
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When not finding new names for willies, Myers – who also wrote the script – devotes the rest of the time to pitiful one-liners revolving around farting, snot and diarrhoea. Full Review |
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No child under 12 should have to undergo it. The same, mind you, goes for anyone over 12. Verdict: You'll hate it. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Beneath the disguise there lurks the spirit of Austin Powers, whose love of double entendres and fart gags remains present and politically incorrect. Which is exactly where and why The Love Guru falls down. Full Review |
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2/5 |
It seems the person in greatest need of a bit of self-help is Myers himself. Full Review |
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2/5 |
This one may be best left to a trip to the video store. Full Review |
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To describe this holistic-healing comedy as anything other than terrible would be gross dereliction of duty, but I'll make one concession: it's kind of meant to be. Full Review |
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 3/5 |
Myers' shtick isn't for everyone, but I laughed. Looking around, however, I saw that my fellow critics were enjoying themselves as much as Gordon Brown on the beach at Southwold. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Myers has created in Pitka a character that’s sexually ambiguous, deeply neurotic and far more fascinating than the puerile script. Full Review |
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1/5 |
If you truly love yourself, do yourself a favour and avoid this spiritless comedy. Full Review |
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1/5 |
A film so numbingly unamusing that you seriously question whether you were mistaken to have ever found Myers funny. Full Review |
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1/6 |
They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. Well ‘they’ obviously haven’t seen ‘The Love Guru’, an overgrown dirt-patch of clunking juvenilia. Full Review |
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0/5 |
Its only merit is that it comes in at under 90 minutes - no movie comedy should exceed this. But in truth it ought not to have come in at all. 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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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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