The Love Guru

2008, Comedy, 1h 27m

177 Reviews 100,000+ Ratings

critics consensus

The Love Guru features far too many gross-out gags, and too few earned laughs, ranking as one of Mike Myers' poorest outings. Read critic reviews

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The Love Guru Videos

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The Love Guru Photos

Jessica Alba (left) and Mike Myers (right) star in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 1

(Left to right), Mike Myers, director Marco Schnabel and Deepak Chopra on the set of "The Love Guru." photo 2

Director Marco Schnabel (left) and producer Michael De Luca (right) on the set of "The Love Guru." photo 3

(Left to right) Jessica Alba plays Jane Bullard to Mike Myers' Guru Pitka and Manu Narayan's Rajneesh in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 4

Jessica Alba stars as Jane Bullard in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 5

Prudence (Meagan Good, left) is ready to kiss her husband Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco, right) in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 6

Guru Pitka (Mike Myers, left) counsels distraught hockey star Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco, right) in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 7

(Left to right) Verne Troyer as Coach Cherkov, Jessica Alba as Jane Bullard, Manu Narayan as Rajneesh and Mike Myers as Guru Pitka star in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 8

Mike Myers (left) stars as Guru Pitka and Deepak Chopra (right) appears as himself in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 9

Jessica Alba (center) stars as Jane Bullard in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 10

Ben Kingsley stars as Guru Tugginmypudha in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 11

Manu Narayan (back) plays Rajneesh and Mike Myers (front) is Guru Pitka in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 12

Mike Myers (left) is Guru Pitka and Manu Narayan (right) is Rajneesh in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 13

Mike Myers (left) stars as Guru Pitka and Manu Narayan (right) plays Rajneesh in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 14

A scene from the film "The Love Guru." photo 15

Justin Timberlake (left) stars as Jacques Grande and Mike Myers (right) stars as Guru Pitka in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 16

Prudence (Meagan Good, left) separates from her husband and takes up with a player from another team, Jacques Grande (Justin Timberlake, right) in "The Love Guru." photo 17

Mike Myers stars as Guru Pitka in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 18

Mike Myers stars as Guru Pitka in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 19

Romany Malco stars as Darren Roanoke in the comedy "The Love Guru." photo 20

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Movie Info

Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka (Mike Myers) returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skills are put to the test when he must get a brokenhearted hockey player's marriage back on track in time for the man to help his team win the Stanley Cup.

Rating:

PG-13 (Drug References|Crude Content Throughout|Language|Sexual Content Throughout|Some Comic Violence)
Genre:

Comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Marco Schnabel
Producer:

Mike Myers, Michael De Luca
Writer:

Mike Myers, Graham Gordy
Release Date (Theaters):

Jun 20, 2008 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Sep 16, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA):

$32.2M
Runtime:

1h 27m
Distributor:

Paramount Pictures

Cast & Crew

Mike Myers
Pitka

Jessica Alba
Jane Bullard

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake
Jacques Grande

Romany Malco
Darren Roanoke

Verne Troyer
Coach Cherkov

Meagan Good
Prudence

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Critic Reviews for The Love Guru

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Audience Reviews for The Love Guru

Nov 04, 2012

Not a brilliant comedy, More slapstick than anything, Abit corny but there are some laughs to be had just not enough.

Super Reviewer
Mar 05, 2012

A movie so absolutely puerile, unfunny and dreadful in every aspect imaginable that it makes you want to take Mike Myers by the hair and beat him with a tire iron. Is there really still anyone in this planet who thinks that name puns and diarrhea jokes are at all funny? (Zero stars)

Carlos M Super Reviewer
Dec 02, 2011

A horrible movie. I laughed maybe twice at this crappy film, not only was it stupid, there was no point to it. I cant say anything else about it because it sucked so much.

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Oct 30, 2011

A dismal, pathetic, and absolutely awful attempt at comedy..

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