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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Mike Myers (written by) &
Graham Gordy (written by)
Release Date:
20 June 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
His Karma is Huge more
Plot:
Pitka 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 subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(246 articles)
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User Comments:
Jumping the Shark is too kind a phrase for this mess! more (205 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mike Myers | ... | Maurice / Guru Pitka / Young Pitka / Teenage Pitka / Himself |
 | Jessica Simpson | ... | Herself |
 | Jessica Alba | ... | Jane Bullard |
 | Kanye West | ... | Himself |
 | Justin Timberlake | ... | Jacques 'Le Coq' Grande |
| Deepak Chopra | ... | Himself |
| Rob Blake | ... | Himself |
 | Meagan Good | ... | Prudence Roanoke |
 | Ben Kingsley | ... | Guru Tugginmypudha |
 | Romany Malco | ... | Darren Roanoke |
 | Verne Troyer | ... | Coach Punch Cherkov |
 | Manu Narayan | ... | Rajneesh |
| John Oliver | ... | Dick Pants |
| Stephen Colbert | ... | Jay Kell |
| Jim Gaffigan | ... | Trent Lueders |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Der Love Guru (Germany)
Untitled Mike Myers Project (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language, some comic violence and drug references.
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87 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Ireland:15A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44134) | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:12 | UK:12A | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | France:U | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:M | Australia:M
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There is an extra scene with Kanye West being interviewed at a hockey game to which Mike Myers has brought him. Each time the interviewer gives the microphone to Kanye, Mike Myers leans in and keeps repeating, "Don't say it, don't say it!" Mike Myers was onstage with Kanye West when Kanye made his infamous 'George Bush does not like Black people,' statement. more
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Continuity: The movie depicts the teams wearing the 2007 version of the Stanley Cup Finals badging on the chests of the jerseys, however the teams are wearing the RBK Edge styled jerseys that were introduced for the 2007-08 season, the badging is wrong with the jersey styles. more
Movie Connections:
References Nine to Five (1980) more
Soundtrack:
Bombs Away more
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A Note Regarding SpoilersIs this movie based on a novel?
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If you hate Mike Myers then this movie will be your holy grail...the one you hold high and proclaim loudly "See, I told you this A-Hole wasn't funny!"
If you love Mike Myers (as I do, in a totally manly non-ancient-Greece type way) then you'll just have to hang your head and silently agree.
What in Krishna's name went wrong here? How could these people have sat in an editing room and watched this hundreds of times during the final cut and not said to themselves " I have to save Mike Myers from himself!" I only had to watch the first fifteen minutes ONCE before I was ready to walk out.
How do I hate thee, let me count the ways; BAD acting, BAD casting, BAD writing, BAD directing, BAD dialogue, BAD excuse for a hockey mask (What is this, 1975?)
Is there anything good in this movie? YES! Romany Malco (Weeds, The 40 Year Old Virgin) rises above the dreck by playing a real person in a comic book universe. He's funny, sympathetic and believable; in short, everything this movie IS NOT.
I did get some good laughs though, out of the previews for "Tropic Thunder" and "Hamlet II". Do yourself a favor and miss this one (throwing up popcorn is a painful experience!)