The Love Guru (2008)

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.

Director:

Marco Schnabel

Writers:

Mike Myers, Graham Gordy

Stars:

Jessica Simpson, Mike Myers, Jessica Alba

3 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jessica Simpson	...	Jessica Simpson
Kanye West	...	Kanye West
Mike Myers	...	Guru Pitka / Young Pitka / Teenage Pitka / Mike Myers
Deepak Chopra	...	Deepak Chopra
Rob Blake	...	Rob Blake
Jessica Alba	...	Jane Bullard
Justin Timberlake	...	Jacques Grande
Romany Malco	...	Darren Roanoke
Verne Troyer	...	Coach Punch Cherkov
Meagan Good	...	Prudence Roanoke
Manu Narayan	...	Rajneesh
John Oliver	...	Dick Pants
Stephen Colbert	...	Jay Kell
Jim Gaffigan	...	Trent Lueders
Ben Kingsley	...	Guru Tugginmypudha

Storyline

Born in America, but raised in Havemahkeeta in India, with a population of 76, Maurice had always to better Deepak Chopra, and be sexually active, ever since he was 12. His Guru, Tugginmypudha, while approving of Deepak, cautions Maurice and has a chastity belt put around his waist. Years later, Maurice has established himself as Guru Pitka in America, but would like to appear in the Oprah Show and be better than Deepak Chopra. When Jane Bullard from the the Toronto Maple Leafs hires him to counsel their star hockey player, Darren Roanoke, to win back his wife, Prudence, from Kings' star player, Jacques Grande, and also stand up to his dominating mother, Lilian, he agrees to do so - with hilarious results.

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Plot Keywords:

guru | hockey | chastity belt | toronto maple leafs | box office flop | 

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Taglines:

Get ready for the summer of love

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language, some comic violence and drug references

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [fr]

Country:

USA UK Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 June 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Mike Myers Project

Filming Locations:

Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$62,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£498,829 (UK) (1 August 2008)

Gross:

$32,178,777 (USA) (22 August 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Goldcrest Pictures, Internationale Filmproduktion Poseidon

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The scene where Pitka (Mike Myers) and Jane Bullard (Jessica Alba) are on the plane and said she turned for advice from gurus when her dad died, is based on a real life situation by Mike Myers after his father died.

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Goofs

Jaques Grande is not wearing a proper NHL hockey mask. His looks thin and not very protective while the hockey masks of current NHL goaltenders is much larger and safer. For example, Grande could easily get a puck to the eye with the mask he uses, while it is almost impossible to hit current goalies of the NHL in the eye with a puck.

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Quotes

Guru Pitka: Let's look at the word, guru. Ok. My goal is to get you to say "Gee You Are You", tm.

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Crazy Credits

One outtake with Verne Troyer is shown during the end credits.

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Connections

References The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986)

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Soundtracks

"Bohemian Rhapsody"
Written by Freddie Mercury
Performed by Queen
Courtesy of Hollywood Records, EMI Records Ltd. and Queen Productions Ltd.

User Reviews

Not Mike Myers's best

I may be a bit generous with the star-rating system, true. But I do know what I was feeling after the credits started rolling. Disappointment. And don't get me wrong. I am a huge Mike Myers fan. I am a devout fan of Austin Powers, Wayne's World (where's #3 in the series???), and, actually, yes, I did enjoy Cat in the Hat, although it was not a piece of art. And I understand if fans of Mike Myers will still go to see this film. I did after all, even after reading the terrible reviews. Sadly, this time, the critics were correct. Mike knows better. The director should've known better. Mike Myers's return to live action comedy is more than disappointing. Even the character, Your Holiness the Guru Pitka, was unlikeable (which is a first for a Mike Myers character). He was so full of himself, so damn selfish, no one cared if he succeeded. His giggle-fits were too common to spark a slight giggle from the audience. And although the women in the film were pure eye-candy (Jessica Alba, Meagan Good, even Mariska Hargitay and Jessica Simpson made cameos), they became little more than that with such a flat script. Sorry Mike. Maybe next time. A fourth Austin Powers would be quite a way to get back in the game with your biggest fans:)