Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Mike Myers

Pitka (Meyers) an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge: To settle the romantic troubles and subsequ...( read more  read more... )ent professional skid of a star hockey player (Malco) whose wife left him for a rival athlete (Timberlake).

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PG-13, 1 hr. 28 min.

Directed by: Marco Schnabel

Release Date: June 20, 2008

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DVD Release Date: September 16, 2008

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  • July 8, 2009
    The only way the Maple Leafs will ever win another cup, in a comedy, This movie is more then stupid.
  • May 26, 2009
    Terribly offensive. It felt cruel to laugh, but I did every now and then, reluctant to admit. How did he get so many famous names to agree to be in this movie?!
  • December 29, 2008
    It?s hard to take any of it seriously -- which would be fine if it were funny, but it?s not.
  • December 22, 2008
    "His Karma is Huge"

    Austin Powers trilogy star Mike Myers collaborates with writer Graham Gordy for this comedy concerning a self-help guru named Pitka (Myers) who devotes his life to unknotting the romantic entanglements of troubled couples. As a young child, Pitka is ...( read more)abandoned at the gates of an ashram in India and taken in by kindly gurus. An American by birth, Pitka absorbs the lessons taught to him by his teachers and later returns to the United States to become a leading authority on spirituality and self-help. While Pitka's methods are decidedly unorthodox, they may be the only means of ensuring that the Toronto Maple Leafs win the coveted Stanley Cup. Maple Leafs star Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco) is in trouble. His estranged wife has recently begun dating L.A. Kings star Jacques Grande (Justin Timberlake) in a vengeful effort to send her husband's career into a tailspin, and when Roanoke starts to falter on the ice, the whole team starts to suffer. As their visions of leading the Maple Leafs to the Stanley Cup are quickly going up in flames, team owner Jane Bullard (Jessica Alba) and Coach Cherkov (Verne Troyer) enlist the aid of the world's best-known relationship expert in restoring the peace between Roanoke and his wife, and getting their team back on track to the championships.

    Review
    What a tragedy that Hollywood thinks that jokes about bodily functions, excrement and sexual dysfunction are the only kind that get any laughs these days. "The Love Guru" is by far one of the worst pieces of trash I've ever seen and certainly one of the worst movies ever to come out of Hollywood. I would not be surprised if this bomb sinks Mike Myer's career, any more movies like this certainly will. On top of the dreary, monotonous toilet humor, the C list celebrities, the stupid plot and the hammy, bad acting there is really nothing worthwhile in this stinker at all, no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
  • December 20, 2008
    The bored guru it must called instead The love guru, probably the worst movie I ever seen, I want my bloody money back. Anyway, yes this one is getting panned and so it should as this is the worst film that you will see for some time, and that is no mean feet considering that at ...( read more)least half of the films that come out of Hollywood are frankly awful.

    I was made to go through work and all of the bad reviews I read prior to watching this were correct in every way. In fact you will seldom find such universally negative consensus on a film, the only recent exception would be The Happening.

    Myers last titles were good, but the sequels only survived because of the solid foundation that the first films laid, I refer to Wayne's World and Austin Powers. This film truly is terrible and what only shocks me more is that, on reading some of the other reviews here, some viewers liked it...?

    My last point is Jessica Alba, as stunning beautiful as she is, as an actress she is quite average..

    I give it half star, I would give it a zero star

    Enjoy...NOT
  • November 20, 2009
    great movie mike myers is the man
  • November 8, 2009
    This movie had som funny parts, but I must say that this is not a very funny movie.
  • October 29, 2009
    Funny, cute and a great adult film..
  • October 29, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|
  • October 25, 2009
    Quite deserving of it's Razzie awards.

Critic Reviews


October 1, 2008
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com

It appears Myers did not have someone behind the camera reigning him in. Too bad. full review

August 1, 2008
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

Funny in fits and starts, though the fits are a little convulsive and the starts seldom come with a convincing ending or pay-off. full review

June 25, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press

Schnabel's bland direction expresses no particular vision. full review

June 20, 2008
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Mike Myers' new comedy, The Love Guru, is a disappointment, but it's not a disaster, and that's at least something. full review

June 20, 2008
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

The picture, written by Myers and Graham Gordy and directed by Marco Schnabel (no relation to Julian), is listless and pokey, chiefly because watching Myers in this particular guise is almost complete... full review

June 20, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

This is dangerous advice for a writer to give (talk about glass houses), but Mike Myers needs an editor. He needs someone with a fat red pen to scratch out a few of his worst bad habits. full review

June 20, 2008
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

The Love Guru is downright antifunny, an experience that makes you wonder if you will ever laugh again.

June 20, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie not only violates the Law of Funny Names (which are usually not funny), but rips it from the Little Movie Glossary and tramples it into the ice. full review

June 19, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today

It's a silly spoof that is occasionally funny but grows tedious with excessive mugging and bad punning. full review

June 19, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Ninety minutes pass like an eternity. full review

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Comments


  • JamieexBebe
    October 22, 2008
    Any person with a good sense of humour will think this movie is funny. In other words if you liked "You Dont mess with the Zohan" then you will definitly like this. Definitly LAUGH.
  • Pigfaced
    July 10, 2008
    wow this is bad, like that pink panther remake, a few smiles , a couple short laughs and this thing was over, it stinks. meyers has stolen sacha baron cohens accent from madagascar, at least timberlake was in an SNL style character MM was all over the place, a few Austin powers style jokes just made me think how better they were in AP. i don't recommend this to anyone ever, theres plenty better out there.

    reply to beneath yes Mariska Hargitay has a cameo

    edit: oh yeah jessica alba is in this but i forgot, thats how important her role is
  • RavenclawStudent
    July 8, 2008
    Does Mariska Hargitay play in this?
  • eoddirtybirdfan16
    July 7, 2008
    This movie was terrible; absolutely horrible. I like Mike Myers and loved Wayne's World and Austin Powers but this was a complete and utter disaster. I literally sat through this waiting and telling myself, "this is Mike Myers, Austin Powers, it just has to get better". Do not waste your time or you will be kicking yourself as I am.
  • SarahxJane
    May 23, 2008
    This looks hilarious.
  • pmbailey05
    May 16, 2008
    This movie looks really funny and I love Justin Timberlake! Can't wait to see it!

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