The Love Guru

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

A scene from the film "The Love Guru."

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

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."

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

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

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

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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.

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):

Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA):

$32.2M
Runtime:

1h 27m
Production Co:

Nomoneyfun Films, Michael De Luca

Cast & Crew

Mike Myers
Pitka

Jessica Alba
Jane Bullard

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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February 18, 2012 | Rating: F | Full Review…

Nell Minow
Movie Mom
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November 17, 2011 | Rating: 1/5

Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out
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October 18, 2008 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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.

August 1, 2008 | Rating: 0/5

Derek Malcolm
London Evening Standard
You'll wish the once-talented Myers had merely rested on his laurels rather than pooping into them.

August 1, 2008 | Rating: 1/5

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Metro (UK)
Funny in fits and starts, though the fits are a little convulsive and the starts seldom come with a convincing ending or pay-off.

August 1, 2008 | Full Review…

Nigel Andrews
Financial Times
One of summer 2008's most disappointing films.

September 15, 2020 | Rating: 1.5/4.0 | Full Review…

Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
Myers has this unerringly creepy way of delivering punchlines straight to camera and laughing like a ninny. He does it too quickly - almost desperately - as if he knows the audience won't be chuckling once the joke is told.

April 29, 2020 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Leigh Paatsch
Herald Sun (Australia)
Watching this feels like you're being repeatedly dumped by the love of your life.

May 14, 2018 | Full Review…

Kaleem Aftab
The National (UAE)
No doubt, I'm not the target demographic for this movie. And I could be wrong. But I'd be shocked, and dismayed, if it's a hit, and even more shocked and dismayed if it begets a new Mike Myers franchise.

December 16, 2017 | Full Review…

Brian D. Johnson
Maclean's Magazine
For the first half hour of this badly misconceived Mike Myers movie, I did not laugh.

August 21, 2017 | Full Review…

Annie Wagner
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
The Love Guru just feels lazy, filling time with jokes about Celine Dion, Oprah Winfrey, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Myers and Kanye West's Katrina telethon appearance -- essentially, inside jokes for everyone in the world with cable.

July 29, 2015 | Full Review…

Mark Asch
Stop Smiling

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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.

Jamie C 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.

Bradley W Super Reviewer
Oct 30, 2011

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

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