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Mike Myers, creator of
Wayne's World and
Austin Powers, adds another character to his arsenal of comic personae. With his thick beard, curly mustachios, and easy-to-remember aphorisms, Guru Pitka (Myers) has built a reputation as love advisor par excellence--but he's still just America's #2 guru, after Deepak Chopra. Finally an opportunity comes his way: If he can heal the rift between a star hockey player (Romany Marco,
Weeds) and his wife (Meagan Good,
Stomp the Yard), he can appear on Oprah. But when he meets the hockey team's comely owner (
Jessica Alba), Pitka realises he must solve his own love problems as well. Myers can't resist a good bodily functions joke--unfortunately, he can't resist a bad one either, so
The Love Guru is crammed top to bottom with jokes about urine, feces, sex, genitalia--lots and lots about male genitalia--along with many, many gags about Canada, drugs, elephants, inspirational catchphrases, and little people (Vern "Mini-Me" Troyer takes the brunt of these). But the
Austin Powers movies were pretty much the same sort of lowbrow comedy grab-bag; though the ratio of good to bad might be weaker here, a good handful of bits offer solid laughs, including some mock-Bollywood musical numbers. Also featuring pop star
Justin Timberlake (as a preposterously well-endowed French-Canadian),
Ben Kingsley (as Pitka's cross-eyed mentor), Stephen Colbert (as a drug-addled sports announcer), as well as numerous celebrity cameos. --
Bret Fetzer
Synopsis
Love, hockey, and Indian spirituality come together in this film that marks Mike Myers's return to live-action comedy.
The Love Guru co-stars Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, and Ben Kingsley.
