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The Love Guru [DVD] [2008]

DVD ~ Mike Myers
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  • Actors: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Ben Kingsley
  • Directors: Marco Schnabel
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Dec 2008
  • Run Time: 85 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001CVBICK
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,148 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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


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Eleven deleted and extended scenes, bloopers, three featurettes, out-takes and more.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars How The Mighty Have Fallen., 16 Jun 2009
By Kieran Montgomery (Aberdeenshire Scotland) - See all my reviews
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Mike Myers used to be hilarious, Wayne's World, Austin Powers and So I Married An Axe Murderer, all classic films, but after doing the great Shrek series, Mike Myers forgot how to be funny, and gave us the very poor Cat In The Hat. When I found out Mike Myers was doing another classic comedy like Austin Powers with a love advising guru, I was prety excited, but this movie was a huge failure. Mike Myers plays Guru Pitka, a guru who wants to become the number 1 guru, so Jessica Alba's character and a hockey coach played by Verne 'Mini-Me' Troyer try to get Pitka to fix a hockey player's relationship, since his girlfriend is getting romantically involved with Justin Timberlake's character. Ben Kingsley, who played Ghandi, one of the most inspirational Indians ever, now plays an idiotic, crosseyed guru in a very unfunny scene of Mike Myers as a child.
The movie is just not funny, Love Guru resorts to fart, urine, feces, genital and booger jokes to get through as well as some very poor slapstick and sexual references that are going to make you groan. I could barely finish the movie, Justin Timberlake's acting is terrible as the French-Canadian hockey player, Jessica Alba doesn't really do much except put up with Myers' awful jokes and Myers tries too hard to pull off his character and seems way too proud of being in such a poor film.

I'd avoid this, unless you find crap like Disaster Movie funny.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Really bad..., 19 Jan 2009
By andysnap (UK) - See all my reviews
  
Its a long time since I've seen such an unfunny film. A truly bad effort by people who should know better, and all the more disappointing for that fact. Has a feeling of a 'comedy' the makers knew wasn't working, so becomes more desperate to be 'funny'. Everything is so unsubtle, it reeks.
Save your money(or wait until this DVD is really, really cheap)there are so many better films out there. And better luck next time Mike Myers.
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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars 2.5--This film seems so out of place in Mike Myers career., , 27 Sep 2008
By Jenny J.J.I. "A New Yorker" (That Lives in Northern Nevada) - See all my reviews
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I thought this film was alright. Most of the story, at least what there is of one, is obviously from the mind of Myers. He is fantastic at creating strange characters and bringing them to life. The thing here is the titular character is better suited to a recurring skit instead of a full length film. The initial joke wears off long before the closing credits and much of the humor is just a variation of the same theme.

Basically Myers plays Guru Maurice Pitka, the second most famous guru, after Deepak Chopra. When the star player of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco) begins to falter just before the Stanley Cup the owner of the team, Jane Bullard (Jessica Alba) hires Pitka to get his game back. This plot line also demonstrates a love that Myers has for Hockey, a natural for a native born Canadian. The screenplay is full of jokes that push right up to the limits of good taste and boldly goes over that line. Most of the jokes are repetitive and while funny at first soon become increasingly annoying. Okay, the one concerning the name of Mariska Hargitay has a bit more staying power and is accentuated by a cameo by the actress. In fact this movie seems to have an inordinate number of well known guest appearances. Many of the jokes are on the level of grade school humor. One example concerns an Uncle Jack being helped off an elephant. I don't have to be explicit here; if you think back to sixth grade you've heard the joke before. It appears here that Myers was channeling his inner child while writing this script.

Director Schnabel manages to get the most out of a cast that deserves better than this. How they got an actor like Sir Ben Kensley to play a cross eyed mentor is beyond belief but as the consummate actor he is Sir Ben gives it his all. Justin Timberlake also gives a surprisingly good performance here. As a pop music sensation he is wisely going for smaller off beat roles instead of prematurely trying to carry a whole film on his own. Alba is a beautiful young woman and she actually has a great scene of comic timing but here her looks are what is showcased.

Paramount does do a great job of presenting the film to DVD. The audio and video are excellent and there are even a good number of extras. There are 11 deleted scenes if you really need to see things that were not considered good enough to make the final cut. I do have to admit I laughed at the blooper reel. It does seem that the cast had a great deal of fun making the flick. There are three featurettes that detail ever aspect of the production for those that really have to know.
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5.0 out of 5 stars very funny a bit silly as well but over all a grate film
its a grate and funny film that if not bort then must be rent from some were .
Published 2 months ago by tom best

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Myers' best work...
I knew that this film had been heavily panned by the critics but I thought I'd give it a go because Mike Myers had been amusing in the past and I wanted an undemanding viewing... Read more
Published 5 months ago by TheGerbilTamer

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty funny
The movie was quite good but i weren't rolling on the floor with laughter. The song numbers were the best.
Published 5 months ago by Kay Brooksby

1.0 out of 5 stars Potential Worst Film...Ever
When you think of unfunny, Mike Myers is not the man who comes to mind...
Hold the press...
After watching this film, Myers's comic ability is comparable to that of a... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. Fraser Mcleod

4.0 out of 5 stars The love guru
This product did not take to long to come and it was in perfect condition when it did.
Published 8 months ago by Ms. Rebecca J. Price

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite the car crash you may have heard about, but not that great either
Some things are obvious. Like sneaking out a DVD just into the New Year with not a lot of fanfare. This is the usual indication that the movie in question stinks in a way that... Read more
Published 10 months ago by ds

3.0 out of 5 stars GURU LOVE THIS !!!
A good cast. Very silly, and very funny. Some hysterical scenes. I loved Justin Timberlake in this. More comedy roles Justin, you were briliant. Looking good Mr JT!!! Read more
Published 13 months ago by G. Kyriacou

5.0 out of 5 stars Liquor up front ... Poker in back ...... oh my god, I just got that!
I went to see the apparently vulgar film with a friend of mine. It wasn't great entertainment by any stretch of the imagination and more could have been achieved with such an idea... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Horatio Guttersnipe

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