The Love Guru Release Date: June 20, 2008 Studio: Paramount Pictures Director: Marco Schnabel Screenwriter: Mike Myers, Graham Gordy Starring: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Ben Kingsley,
Meagan Good, John Oliver, Verne Troyer, Romany Malco, Jim Gaffigan Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for crude and sexual content throughout, language,
some comic violence and drug references) Official Website:
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Plot Summary: In the comedy, "The Love Guru" (Myers), Pitka is an
American who was left at the gates of an ashram in India as a child and raised
by gurus. He moves back to the U.S. to seek fame and fortune in the world of
self-help and spirituality. His unorthodox methods are put to the test when he
must settle a rift between Toronto Maple Leafs star hockey player Darren Roanoke
(Malco) and his estranged wife. After the split, Roanoke's wife starts dating
L.A. Kings star Jacques Grande (Timberlake) out of revenge, sending her husband
into a major professional skid -- to the horror of the teams' owner Jane Bullard
(Alba) and Coach Cherkov (Troyer). Pitka must return the couple to marital
nirvana and get Roanoke back on his game so the team can break the 40-year-old
"Bullard Curse" and win the Stanley Cup
EN 5 Second Review:
The love guru would have been a hilarious 5 minute SNL
clip. Here, its like the producers are looking for a new torture for Guantanamo Bay detainees.
It's
a vanity project gone nuts, perhaps the most-egregious case of ego run
amok since John Travolta subjected the world to Battlefield Earth Bill Goodykoontz: Arizona Republic
Laughs forgive a lot. Just ask Judd Apatow. But when the
funniest line in the movie is an outtake from Verne Troyer, you've got
problems...more
“The
Love Guru” is so relentlessly juvenile as to merit a new
twist on the PG-13 rating -- one that strongly cautions not
only those under 13 but anyone much above it, too. Brian Lowry: Variety
Even so, producer/co-writer/star Mike Myers partially wears
down resistance by simply pummeling the audience with
bathroom jokes, sixth-grade puns and silly songs, and
clocking in under 90 minutes, the movie avoids this summer’s
comedic mini-trend of overstaying its welcome. Opening
opposite “Get Smart” isn’t ideal, but coupled with lingering
affection for the “Austin Powers” series, this might just be
dumb enough to at least hold its own....more
EN 5 Second Review:
The love guru would have been a hilarious 5 minute SNL
clip. Here, its like the producers are looking for a new torture for Guantanamo Bay detainees.
It's
a vanity project gone nuts, perhaps the most-egregious case of ego run
amok since John Travolta subjected the world to Battlefield Earth