An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
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Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
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Dir: Marco Schnabel.
Cast: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Romany Malco, Meagan Good, Sir Ben Kingsley
Description: Raised in an ashram since he was a child, Pitka returns to his birth home of America, where he hopes to establish himself as an expert in self-help and spirituality. One of his most high profile clients is Darren Roanoke, star hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs, who desperately needs to heal a rift with his estranged wife Prudence. Following Pitka's intervention, the couple splits for good and Prudence exacts her revenge by dating sworn rival Jacques Grande. With the Stanley Cup showdown on the horizon and Darren playing the worst hockey of his career, Pitka must put his talents to the test to reunite the Roanokes.
Country: US. 2008. 86mins
Come back, Austin powers: Myers's Love Guru fails to raise a smile
“Tonight,” says Guru Pitka (Mike Myers), addressing his adoring fans at his Indian ashram, “I want you to go from Nowhere to Now Here.” His lecture is about the only marginally funny sequence in a film which makes the Austin Powers franchise look like a masterpiece of manic comedy. What on earth has happened?
The Love Guru — which also stars Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake and Ben Kingsley as a cross-eyed Guru Tugginmypuddha, handing out chastity belts to all and sundry — seems to have virtually no script at all, but a number of set pieces which vie with each other for lack of wit, as if Myers is making the whole thing up as he goes along. Marco Schnabel, the director, who championed such films as Se7en, Boogie Nights and Pleasantville as president of New Line productions, should have known better than to let Myers rip without the aid of more than four or five decent jokes.
But then this story is so slight as to be non-existent. The ambitious Guru Pitka, once an American child left at the gates of an Indian ashram, arrives back in the States with the twin ambitions to appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show and to help the Toronto Maple Leaves ice hockey team undo the curse which has left them without a trophy since 1967.
It’s all made worse by the fact that almost all the jokes are about sexual organs, defecation and farting, with live elephants mating as the final straw. 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.
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colin, did you really think this film was funny? you couldn't have.
- Donuteyes, oklahoma city, USA
No, unfortunately Derek is spot on. This is pants. Proof that actors needs writers even if they think they don't.
- Tony Mcmahon, London, UK
Oh comon now Derek. Mike Myers is hilarious and his take on an Indian accent is brilliant. And his general sense of humour has always bordered on the side of the lavatory and genitalia. What's wrong with that? If you want wit and a decent script go and find an old 'Are you being served' episode.
- Colin Bowley, London, UK
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