The Guru (2003)
58 %
Reviews Counted: 86 Fresh: 50 Rotten:36 Average Rating: 5.8/10
Consensus:
A sweetly silly but wafer-thin romantic comedy.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
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 a red Mercedes, India's Tony Manero gives up the comforts of home to become a star in America. But the... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Heather Graham, Marisa Tomei, Jimi Mistry, Christine Baranski, Michael McKean
Director: Daisy Von Scherler Mayer
Screenwriter: Tracey Jackson
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Michael London
Composer: David Carbonara
Screenwriter: Tracey Jackson
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Michael London
Composer: David Carbonara
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06/24/06
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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
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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.
03/10/03
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03/06/03
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... 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
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
Devoid of life, intelligence, humor, and anything else that could entertain even the most undemanding viewer, this film is a perfect example of something that should have been shipped to landfills, not multiplexes.
02/16/03
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