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Bookmark this pageThe Love Guru (2008)
Director: Marco Schnabel
Movie review
From Time Out London
They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. Well ‘they’ obviously haven’t seen ‘The Love Guru’, an overgrown dirt-patch of clunking juvenilia from the sick mind of writer/star Mike Myers which sees the once-heralded Canadian funnyman now frantically scrabbling at the piss/shit/snot-flecked depths of the low-brow comedy slop bucket.Supposedly a bawdy satire about society’s dependence on spiritual gurus who spout quick-fix answers and acronym-heavy mantra, it feels more like Myers has been in a state of cryogenesis since finishing the last ‘Austin Powers’ movie and has chosen to produce an outmoded ’70s-style sex comedy where chastity belt and erection jokes are still considered hard comic currency. Myers’s central performance as the hirsute, heavily spangled Guru Pitka is woefully misjudged, exposing his limited breadth as a comic performer as each lewd, sub-schoolyard gag sinks quicker than a limbless pack mule in an ocean of sludge.
Author: David Jenkins
Time Out London Issue 1980, July 31 - August 6, 2008
User reviews of this film
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- john said...
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Posted on Aug 03 2008 14:33
I laughed ONCE throughout the film - mini-me is in it and he has a tiny little office which is pretty funny - apart from that I didn't even come close to laughing...
Was made even worse by a couple of girls sitting beside me who seemed to find it completely hilarious. No idea what they were taking, but I wish I'd had some before I went in...
The crude jokes are quite ridiculous - he even orders alligator and suggests they make it snappy... - Report as inappropriate
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- sam said...
- Posted on Aug 02 2008 14:54 is this film any good
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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: 12A
Duration: 88 mins
UK Release: Aug 1 2008
US Release: Jun 20 2008
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