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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.
Theatrical Release:Jan 31, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $2,867,996
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
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06/24/06
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12/06/05
Top CriticNot only a tepid Bollywood imitation, but a tepid film, period.
02/08/05
Belos figurinos, boas seqüências musicais (embora em número insuficiente para servir como referência a Bollywood) e Marisa Tomei de lingerie - estes são os pontos fortes do filme. Os pontos fracos? Todo o resto.
10/13/03
This American version of a Bollywood musical is one of the worst films I have run across in the last few years.
07/31/03
. . .a noble effort to bring the thrills of Bollywood to America, but this magic carpet never quite gets off the ground because it traffics in too many cinematic clichés. . .
06/10/03
A film whose good heart and musical numbers are much bigger than its shortcomings.
05/08/03
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
Too timid for its own good, relying too often on bawdy gags, easy clichés and hoary stereotypes.
03/25/03
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03/21/03
Top CriticThere's not a whole lot of heft to von Scherler Mayer's romantic comedy with ethnic Indian entanglements; it's like overdone naan, too flaky and ephemeral for its own good, but still somehow appetizing.
03/10/03
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03/06/03
Top Critic... those modest virtues can't prevail against the coarse jokes and shabby ethnic stereotypes of Tracey Jackson's disjointed script, Daisy von Scherler Mayer's unsteady direction, or the unflattering cinematography.
03/04/03
...a clunky, idiotic, laughless and amateurish collection of scenes targeted to people who have the intellect of mattress springs.
02/28/03
It's good fun -- almost a musical.
02/28/03
Although the film is loaded with potential and many satirical targets, the execution of the material leaves a lot to be desired.
02/20/03
"The Guru" is a light and frothy concoction that is a tasty little treat with its heart in the right place.
02/19/03
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02/17/03
a gentle comedy of colliding cultures
02/16/03
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