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The Love Guru (2008)
Director: Marco Schnabel
Movie review
From Time Out Chicago
An oh-my-God-level disaster that’ll make you wonder if Hollywood actually hates us, The Love Guru tempts our zero-stars rating—and not just for the cringeworthy vamping of its out-of-touch star, Mike Myers. Pitka, his purring, creeptastic faux healer (more appropriate for an SNL skit circa 1976), is sent on a task that may excite Canadians only: psychically heal a cuckolded hockey star in time for the Stanley Cup. But the crimes of this movie are hardly limited to uninspired plot. Try groaner hobbit jokes, Ben Kingsley as a violently cross-eyed Indian mentor (take his Oscar away), sword fighting with piss-drenched mops and a climax involving on-ice elephant coitus. Irredeemable.Author: Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out Chicago Issue 174: June 26–July 2, 2008
Cast & crew
Director: Marco Schnabel
Cast: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Romany Malco, Meagan Good, Omid Djalili, Ben Kingsley, Verne Troyer, Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, Jessica Simpson full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Rated: PG-13
Duration: 88 mins
US Release: Jun 20 2008
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