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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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Reviews for The Guru
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2/4 |
Not only a tepid Bollywood imitation, but a tepid film, period. Full Review |
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2/5 |
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.
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This American version of a Bollywood musical is one of the worst films I have run across in the last few years. Full Review |
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. . .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. . . Full Review |
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3/5 |
A film whose good heart and musical numbers are much bigger than its shortcomings. Full Review |
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4/5 |
mixes the exuberance of Bollywood with measured lunacy of 30s screwball comedies and adds just a dash of “The Joy of Sex” Full Review |
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2/5 |
Too timid for its own good, relying too often on bawdy gags, easy clichés and hoary stereotypes. Full Review |
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2/5 |
There'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. Full Review |
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2/5 |
... 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. Full Review |
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0.5/4 |
...a clunky, idiotic, laughless and amateurish collection of scenes targeted to people who have the intellect of mattress springs. Full Review |
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3/4 |
It's good fun -- almost a musical. Full Review |
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4/10 |
Although the film is loaded with potential and many satirical targets, the execution of the material leaves a lot to be desired. Full Review |
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B- |
"The Guru" is a light and frothy concoction that is a tasty little treat with its heart in the right place. Full Review |
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