Love Guru

  • 2009


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Average Rating 1.7/5
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3.0
Pop culture riffing, winking double entendres, scatological humor, and silly names arent just the foremost weapons in Myers comic arsenal, theyre all .. Av Club
2.0
The whole characterization is tacky and far too secondhand.Pitka, in essence, is the Maharishi dragged into the age of Deepak Chopra, and Myers doesnt .. EW
1.3
Every reference to a human sex organ or process of defecation is not automatically funny simply because it is naughty, but Myers seems to labor under .. Rogerebert
1.0
The Love Guru wants to be smutty and funny, naughty and virtuous; its a balancing act that Myers simply cant pull off. Common Sense Media
0.8
They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. Well they obviously havent seen The Love Guru, an overgrown dirt patch of clunking juvenilia. Time Out
2.5
Except for the final scene (a tonal shift that doesnt entirely pay off), Grey Rock keeps the darkness at bay.
1.0
In the end, this desperation for approval absolutely buries The Love Guru.
1.5
The jokes in the movie are just as dumb as the ones in the trailer, but what doesnt come across in a two minute preview is just how many there are. It .. Paste Magazine
2.0
For his transgressions, Mike Myers will be reincarnated as a dung beetle. E Film Critic
2.0
These are the sort of things that make you giggle at three in the morning, but you dont put them in your movie. Not if you want your movie to not suck .. E Film Critic
1.0
Myers approaches the material along the lines of a nine year old child who has just heard his first dirty jokes and will not rest until he has made su .. E Film Critic
2.5
The least self protective comic imaginable, he puts it all out there with every broad smile, every role of the eyes and every goofy joke.Theres no net .. San Francisco Chronicle
1.0
A film so numbingly unamusing that you seriously question whether you were mistaken to have ever found Myers funny.
1.5
Itll be a miracle if audiences make it out of this thing without bedsores. Cinema Blend
1.0
So a dumber riff follows, then more silence and the audience is left not laughing at all. Ny Daily News
2.0
Its an ambitious movie, its got plenty of chutzpah behind its balls and it doesnt recycle the same ol sitcom jokes into a half assed screenplay, but s .. JoBlo
2.5
When Myers Guru Pitka bows in salutation, his Hindi like greeting goes mariska hargitay..Among his best selling spiritual tomes: If Youre Happy and Yo .. Philly
3.1
Unfortunately, it devolves into little more than a series of bodily fluid themed gags and sex jokes. ReelViews
1.3
Fart jokes, penis jokes, piss jokes, homophobic slurs, naughty names and jokes at the expense of South Asian culture and religion: Jokes, jokes everyw .. Tv Guide
3.1
out of (July 15/08) There exists the very real possibility that The Love Guru might just be the most puerile mainstream movie ever made, as the procee .. Reel Film Reviews
0.0
He breathes freshness in an unusual story and wins the heart of the audiences with the appealing presentation. FilmiBeat
3.0
But once again, there are those gem like moments of inspired comedy that make it worthwhile. Eric Ds Nider
2.0
The whole vaguely pitiable enterprise has tiny flickers of brilliance which cant be denied, but almost cant be detected, either. News Review
2.0
A stream of funny cameos helps, and just enough satire hits the target, most notably the lampoon of self help acronyms and mnemonics.Although even thi .. Shadows On The Wall
1.9
The Love Guru scrapes bottom for laughs, resorting to pop culture jokes (Lindsay, Britney), weak musical numbers (Dolly Partons 9 to 5 on sitar) and, .. News Day
3.0
What links all these characters is Myerss gift for antic, elfin burlesque. Hes like a second best Peter Sellers. Cs Monitor
0.5
Played straight with pratfalls, slapstick and some visual gags, the whole thing would finish in a compact 20 minutes. Film Journal International ..
1.3
Though to be honest, none of the actors seem too excited about this material. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
1.5
Laughs forgive a lot. Just ask Judd Apatow. But when the funniest line in the movie is an outtake from Verne Troyer, youve got problems. Az Central
1.3
Whats the joke this time.Things are so bad here that the few good ideas seem brilliant. Boston
2.0
THE difference between funny and just plain stupid can be as fine as silk thread. Smh
1.0
Planning on seeing it You may well recoil from sports comedies, Bollywood musicals, self help spiritualists, puns even characters with beards for the .. Npr
1.5
Its that theres absolutely nothing transcendent about Pitka at all.Yet the movie keeps insisting that there is.
3.1
A collision of the sacred and the profane, this made in Toronto comedy of salvation and slap shots leaves you marvelling at its spiritualism while als .. Toronto Star
3.0
The movie is so shallow and silly that I refuse to take it seriously and deconstruct it as a dangerously stereotypical comedy. Emanuellevy
3.0
Anyway: The Love Guru is a daft, immature, occasionally sentimental comedy sending up Indian self help gurus. Guardian
1.0
On second thought, there are no movies like this one.Its in a shameful class all its own. Reel Talk Reviews
1.5
A lot of the beats are a bit too familiar from previous entries in the series, which isnt surprising given that this is the fifth film to play off the .. Q Network
0.0
The best way to endure this squalid, rancid mess without wanting to weep or disown our membership of the human race would be to watch it under general .. Daily Mail
0.0
This tale of a guru who brings joy to all who meet him is the most joy draining 88 minutes Ive ever spent outside a hospital waiting room.In the cours .. Slate
1.0
Its a slight story, but with strong performances and a clever script it might have worked quite well. Eye For Film
2.0
Its unashamedly played for laughs, and despite a few good ideas, like Pitkas meditation cushion which runs on electricity, most of the humour sinks li ..
2.0
Its unashamedly played for laughs, and despite a few good ideas, like Pitkas meditation cushion which runs on electricity, most of the humour sinks li ..
3.0
It will curb your craving for laughs and wont leave you consuming more than is necessary. Flim Threet
2.5
The wait wasnt worth itwhen all is said and done, The Love Guru still feels like a fairly pedestrian, slap dash piece of workbut the tone is so light .. The Movie Boy
1.5
Much like the movie itself, however, their performances fall flat, and though it could have something to do with making Gaffigan play the straight man .. Bullz-Eye
2.0
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2.0
It appears Myers did not have someone behind the camera reigning him in. Too bad. Hollywood
3.0
If youre a Toronto native or a big time hockey geek, there are enough little in jokes to probably carry you through the leaden pacing and barrel scrap .. Seattle Pi
0.5
Its not the most original or funniest of ideas, but Timberlake goes for it with enough gusto that well, it doesnt really work.
1.9
He would make some lame joke, then scream, You are laughing! at this Roanoke guy.But I wasnt laughing. Groucho Reviews
0.0
Thus Myers marries his two passions (hockey and not being funny) into one noxious ball. Film Freak Central
3.0
The story cycles quickly and repeatedly through the above Myers fetishes and has a handful of inspired bits.Troyer is funny and nasty as the Maple Lea .. Oregon Live
1.0
Outdated, unfunny, juvenile and at times downright perplexing, the intended New Age satire comes off more like an over expensive schoolyard prank; bat .. Boxoffice Magazine
1.0
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, s .. Mirror
1.9
You Dont Mess With the Zohan and The Love Guru are both ridiculous vanity pieces that allow its lead to act like a thirteen year old. Three Movie Buffs
1.5
On Screen A Review of The Love Guru For the first half hour of this badly misconceived Mike Myers movie, I did not laugh.I didnt snort softly to mysel .. The Stranger
1.5
Funny in fits and starts, though the fits are a little convulsive and the starts seldom come with a convincing ending or pay off. Ft
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en .. News Blaze
0.0
Perhaps whats most disturbing is that scriptwriter Myers must be out of ideas, given his borrowing stale ideas from mediocre movies. News Blaze
2.0
The puerile levels to which it sinks make even Goldmember, the crudest of the Austin Powers movies, look like Brief Encounter. The Sun
0.0
To say that Myers cant get any lower than THE LOVE GURU is just wishful thinking. Killer Movie Reviews
3.0
The Love Guru is a cinematic equivalent of Goldmember: a semi hilarious movie that corners itself too easily and grows tiresome quickly. Brian Or Ndorf
1.0
Despite its already toxic reputation, it has probably 12 or 18 gags that really work... while some of the jokes click, most of the jokes that fail, fa .. Antagony & Ecstasy
1.9
Most Pixar films do the same with animation, and with far fewer fart jokes. Big Picture Big Sound
0.6
Myers and co writer Graham Gordy (who I will assume to be a 13 year old hyperactive boy strung out on Pop Rocks and Mountain Dew until someone can pro .. Waffle Movies
1.9
But for a movie thats less than ninety minutes, there are far too many stretches of time where nothing at all seems to be happening on screen, and the .. Movie Crypt
3.5
So, yes, Im bucking critical consensus and awarding overall funny credit for originality and guffaws that will deliver for you either clearly or furti .. Hollywood Chicago
3.8
Ok, this sounds like a lot of plot right there, but its neatly set up in the films first five minutes or so, then it smoothly plays out through the re .. Montreal Film Journal
2.0
Eastern spirituality repackaged and marketed as self help for rich, white suckers offers endless potential for a scalpel sharp satirist keen on turnin .. Sky
2.0
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2.5
I dont know about you, but I can only take so much fecal related humor in a single film. Chron
0.5
I dont know if I can ever listen to his music again without picturing Guru Pitkas stupid face. Streaming Quickflix
3.5
Its not only fresh and unassuming, but a film that serves, very nicely, the severely underserved audience of young girls. Wsj
3.0
Juvenile. Strained. This baggy tale of a loopy Deepak Chopra wannabe is all that and then some. The thing is its also pretty funny as long as you know .. Guide Live
0.5
With its scatological humor, penis jokes, feeble puns, and middle school ideal of love, this Mike Myers vehicle exemplifies American comedys continuin .. Chicago Reader
1.0
If you truly love yourself, do yourself a favour and avoid this spiritless comedy. Film4
1.0
Watching this feels like youre being repeatedly dumped by the love of your life. The National
2.0
The film has no discernible rhythm, little in the way of wit, and the plot plays like Myers considered it an unpleasant obligation. Film Blather
1.3
Perhaps Myers was so enchanted by his own desire to bring spiritualism to the masses that he forgot to actually bring the funny with it. Whatever the .. Aisle Seat
1.5
I am still comfortable believing Myers is a comic genius, but its no where to be seen here. The Scorecard Review
4.5
The story facilitates the character and humor.It could really be any situation and you just set Myers loose, but this hockey player love triangle neve .. Can Mag
2.0
Has the feel of a Mike Myers vanity production with bathroom jokes that most of us outgrew before we got to high school. Compuserve
1.3
Films can be creatively gross and hilarious see Superbad or Borat but The Love Gurus gags are merely embarrassing. Miami
1.0
More painful than sitting next to an Austin Powers impersonator during a 12 hour flight. Metromix.com
2.5
Is this a trial balloon for a new comedy franchise or for Myers post movie stardom career as the next Dr. Phil Commercial Appeal
1.3
If Mike Myers is obsessed with poop, pee and penises, thats his problem; if audiences make him rich for playing that out on screen, then it becomes ou .. Cinematical
2.0
Non stop naughty body part references with a level of humor more appropriate on a 4th grade bathroom wall than a Hollywood screenplay. Movie Mom
1.3
Sorry, times up. The final buzzer has gone on our spirited game of Spot the Laugh. Globe and Mail
3.0
Ben Kingsleys eyes are crossed in a desperate attempt to vanish off screen even if it means different sides of the screen at the same time. Movie Juice
3.5
I might have lost my entire college education watching this and it might be the dumbest film I have ever seen but I cant hide the fact that I was laug ..
1.3
I daresay that even a splinter in the eyeball would be less painful than sitting through this debacle.
1.0
...a failed stew made up of mugging, penis jokes, horrible puns, and feel good mantras. MSNBC
1.9
However, the movie devolves from likable silliness to downright stupidity at a frightening pace. Washington Times
4.0
No doubt, Im not the target demographic for this movie. And I could be wrong. But Id be shocked, and dismayed, if its a hit, and even more shocked and .. Ma Cleans
2.5
Mike Myers channels his inner Benny Hill for the endlessly juvenile comedy The Love Guru Washington Times
0.5
Lets hope that list doesnt include another visit with Guru Pitka. Tucson Weekly
0.5
The kind of complete mess that makes a critic question the other lowest possible ratings hes given, because those films, honestly, werent nearly this .. Movie Retriever
2.5
Both the tissue thin character and the movie are hardly sustainable beyond an SNL sketch which makes the 90 minute running time almost as interminable .. Knight At The Movies
2.0
Mike Myers catastrophe is a paramount test of enlightenment. Smiling beatifically during each painfully unfunny gag demands more inner strength than j .. Ie Weekly
0.5
The endless winks at the camera look more desperate, the jokes at Troyers expense seem more tasteless. Tnr
2.5
Aside from its first run Boomer audience, it was a steady presence in syndication; the original formula of corny one liners and easy to follow action .. Stop Smiling Online
2.5
Against my better judgment, against my hardened presumptions going in, against all that is right and holy and decent in the universe, I have to admit .. Colorado Springs Gazette
1.0
Do you remember Mike Myers Well I suggest that you hold on to that memory and lock it tight inside you, because The Love Guru wants to destroy it. What Culture
0.5
This isnt merely a bad film, but a painful experience that you keep telling yourself to leave. Aint It Cool
1.3
Took a lot of cheap shots at Indian culture. Myers went way too far and the sad thing was he wasnt even funny about it.
4.0
Greetings from The Love Guru, dispenser of wisdom in bite size chewable chunks, a soulful man of infinite knowledge with three goals on his mind: the ..
2.0
I have to admit that theres something appealing about the fact that real life Leafs fanatic Mike Myers has constructed an entire film just so that he .. KPBS.org
2.0
Myers has a borderline pathological need to mock Verne Troyers height. It stops being funny quickly.



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