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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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude and sexual content throughout, language, some comic violence and drug references.

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jun 20, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $32,178,777

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

Starring: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Romany Malco, Meagan Good, Omid Djalili, Ben Kingsley, Verne Troyer

Director: Marco Schnabel

Director: Marco Schnabel
Screenwriter: Mike Myers, Graham Gordy
Producer: Mike Myers, Michael De Luca
Composer: George S. Clinton
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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The Love Guru contains a few clever touches but has trouble hanging together as a coherent comedy, let alone a coherent film.

Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
08/30/09
Sonny Bunch
Sonny Bunch
Washington Times

Authentically repellent

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/26/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

...might just be the most puerile mainstream movie ever made...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
11/06/08
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
10/18/08
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Pitka's character seems overly based on what's convenient for a given scene.

Full Review Source: Screen International | comment Comment
10/18/08
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Screen International

It’s hard to take any of it seriously -- which would be fine if it were funny, but it’s not.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
10/18/08
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

I guess the real audience is 40 year-old men with the mind of an 8 year-old.

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
10/18/08
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

Allow me to say this very clearly: this is not a good movie.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
10/18/08
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

It appears Myers did not have someone behind the camera reigning him in. Too bad.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
10/01/08
Pete Hammond
Pete Hammond
Hollywood.com

Myers has his head in the toilet more than a Florida State University freshman co-ed during homecoming weekend.

Full Review Source: WaffleMovies.com | comment Comment
09/14/08
Willie Waffle
Willie Waffle
WaffleMovies.com

Like a kid let loose in a toy store, this bad boy horny guru could have used more direction, but he does impress with his driving skills atop a pachyderm, during elephant sex.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
09/12/08
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

...fairly mindless stuff that may appeal to die-hard Myers fans.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
09/02/08
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

I am still comfortable believing Myers is a comic genius, but it's no where to be seen here.

Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment Comment
08/27/08
Jeff Bayer
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review

The whole vaguely pitiable enterprise has tiny flickers of brilliance which can’t be denied, but almost can’t be detected, either.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jonathan Kiefer
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review

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 Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
08/01/08
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

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 Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
08/01/08
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

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 Source: This is London | comment Comment
08/01/08
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

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 Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
08/01/08
Nigel Andrews
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times

The puerile levels to which it sinks make even Goldmember, the crudest of the Austin Powers movies, look like Brief Encounter.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
08/01/08
Sun Online

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 Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
08/01/08
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