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 enlarge | Actors: Telma Hopkins, Ben Kingsley, Mike Myers, Robert Blake, Rob Cohen
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 7077
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 86
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 139474
UPC: 097361394749
EAN: 0097361394749
ASIN: B001CQRJNC
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: September 16, 2008
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Product Description
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 09/16/2008 Run time: 88 minutes Rating: Pg13
Amazon.com
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 realizes 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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 No where near as bad as some reviewers claim. November 26, 2008
I guess there are a lot of reviewers here who when it comes to a decent comedy to watch, they roll in hysterics at something as lame as The Jamie Kennedy Experiment or the voice over man repeating the same old lines over a video of someone falling down on un-funniest home videos.
I wish I had not taken any notice of the negative reviews this movie received when it was in theaters and actually gone to see it.
Mike Myers plays the Love Guru, not a dissimilar role to those seen in Austin Power movies, however, the comedy is definitely strong throughout this whole movie.
The Guru is a kid who is taken in by a group that look Indian, but pretty much fictional who teach him that to find love, you must first find love in yourself...yadda yadda... anyway, he grows up and is hired by a woman to go back to Canada with him to help there star Ice Hockey player get himself together.
It doesn't sound like much of a plot to be helping him, himself and others to find a happy ending sort of thing, but it's a comedy, and the comedy works pretty well through out most of the movie. Some things you feel are a bit stale as you have seen Mike Myers do them before, but there is a lot of gags and jokes that just make you burst out laughing during the movie.
It wont win any prizes for greatest character or plot, or any best film awards, but who cares, it's just a feel good comedy with typical Mike Myers humor all through it.
If you can't walk away saying this was at least an OK movie, or you did not laugh through the movie, you really need to have the stick removed from your ###
something I found great was I hate Justin Timberlake, but during his scenes, I didn't even know it was him till I watched a bonus feature. So for the others who cant stand him, it's ok, you wont recognize the dork (to put that very lightly)
Also Mini Me gets a role as the Coach with a speaking role this time, and the midget jokes going throughout this movie where what made the funniest scenes. Holding up a midget and saying, "I'd like to thank the academy for this award...." I don't care who you are, thats a classic right there!
Ignore the reviewers who consider comedy has to be as dull as Friends or something, and just sit back and enjoy the movie not expecting to see comedy for the ages, but something entertaining you can laugh at through out it even if you do think you wouldn't wanna see it again for a while... just give it a go and don't listen to the 1/2 star reviewers who just have it in for Mike Myers no matter what he does.
P.S: Look for Mikes little nod to Waynes World in the movie.
 Mike Myers left field humor November 26, 2008
Fantastic flick. Its a bit of a stretch for the normal movie fan, but I found this highly addictive and funny- my friends and I continuously quote the movie which is a sign that its a definitely an awesome flick !
Don't buy into all the negative reviews... watch it for yourself.
Stupid, but funny October 27, 2008
It was funnier than I expected. Not a gotta have it movie, but a pretty good movie nevertheless.
Hilarious!! You will enjoy it if you like goofy comedies! October 17, 2008
I LOVED IT!! Don't listen to what the people said about "this being trash or a waste of time." If you enjoy watching the Austin Powers movies you will Love this! Thoroughly entertaining, hilarious, and isn't that what comedies are supposed to be about!?! There are a lot of hidden jokes in this movie that I got, and it made me laugh throughout the entire movie. If you don't get all the jokes you will still laugh, I promise my fiance' did. Great Movie!! I have missed Mike Myers...
So enjoy, eat some popcorn, have a crown and coke, and laugh all night!!
"Mariska Hargitay"
 Short Attention Span Summary October 2, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
(Amanda Richards has inspired me once again)
1. Hey look, it's Morgan Freeman
2. No wait, it's some guy named Pitka with a voice changer
3. Hey look, it's Jessica Alba and Verne Troyer
4. Hey look, it's Mike Myers playing the sitar
5. Hey look, he has a TV show
6. Hey look, it's Justin Timberlake
7. Hey listen, it's a bunch of bathroom jokes...
8. ...but none of them are funny
9. This is just a rehash of the old MM jokes
10. Hahahaha, you just wasted your money.
In a word, awful. Simply don't waste time or money on this trash. It's for your own safety and sanity.
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