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8 out of 16 people found the following review useful:
Surprisingly funny, 10 July 2008

Author: thebackofmyhouse from Malaysia

Even before the movie was released, this movie had bad publicity. I myself thought this was going to be a crappy movie. From the trailer, it looks as if Mike Myers is recycling his old jokes for this movie.

So after The Love Guru was released, the critics ripped the movie apart, saying Mike Myers is a "has been" and has lost his comedic touch. They complained that he keeps doing the some jokes over and over again in his movies, and they have a point there.

So after watching it, I was surprised at how funny I found it. Sure he rehashes some of his old jokes, but the rehashes worked well in the movie. These jokes worked better in this movie than in his Austin Powers movies. In his Austin Powers movies, he kinds of over-do it with his jokes, it's like "Yeah, I get the joke already", but he keeps banging the joke on your head until it loses its funniness. It seems that he's learned from his mistakes and the jokes are done very well in this movie. He has learned when to stop.

Plus, compared to his previous movies, this movie is heavier on word-play jokes than physical jokes. And I like it like that.

8 out of 16 people found the following review useful:
C'mon its a harmless funny movie, 7 July 2008

Author: branjo-snow from United States

This is funny no matter how you look at it, if you want top notch on the edge of your seat acting then grow up, that never ever happens in a comedy.

I was laughing quite a few times in this movie and so were others around me. If you don't get Mike Myers then your probably too serious of a person for a comedy, just go and watch The Colour Purple for the hundredth time (yuck!).

Don't take life so seriously its meant to be funny and I for one enjoyed this movie. At one point it feels like a bollywood movie but I liked how the Indian culture was represented here and treated with respect. The few surprise appearances by some very good actors was a great touch and dealt with very funny.

Fun for ALL the family 7/10

8 out of 16 people found the following review useful:
The Love Guru - Best not made, 30 June 2008

Author: dr2-3 from United States

The Love Guru Rated: PG-13 Time: 1:28 Stars: Jessica Alba, Romany Malco, Verne Troyer, Justin Timberlack, Ben Kingsley, Meagan Good, Mike Myers and a bunch of others Final Grade: D Summary: This is going to be short, sweet and simple…for both of our sakes! When it comes to interweaving crass, sexual innuendo jokes and synonyms into a script and storyline, Mel Brooks is a master. He knows how to do off color with color, flair and most importantly class. He knows when to stop and when enough is enough. Mike Myers is clearly no Mel Brooks…not even close.

This movie from start to finish is a crass satirical pun on the whole guru movement and "guru's" everywhere. Interlaced with constant sexual innuendo, some more obvious and crass than others, Myers is attempting to make us laugh at the stupidity of people believing in guru's and the whole concept of the over marketed and under delivered shyster guru's that inundate our society. Whereas I do believe that guru's of all shapes and sizes have tended to prey on the weak emotions and psychological wants and needs to build their existences versus actually delivering quantifiable product, thereby giving continued credence to P.T. Barnum's statement "There's a sucker born every minute!" And clearly, Myers has capitalized on this lemming mentality as well in the crowds following the master guru's in his movie. But he does so with a dialog soaked in crass sexual innuendo.

Now, I like a good pun probably as much if not more than the next person and truth be told, there's a few really good lines and scenes in here…but way too few…and one of the best comes during the credits as a blooper…now that's really sad! Not even the absolutely stunning and beautiful Jessica Alba couldn't save this one.

Add this one to the growing list of "movies best not made", and go see something else.

And that's the way I saw it, From Where I Stand.

8 out of 16 people found the following review useful:
Easily the worst movie that I've seen this year, 28 June 2008

Author: Brian Vita from Peabody, MA

OK, I didn't go to this flick expecting "Gone with the Wind" but I was expecting some decent comedy. I'm stunned that such a well assembled cast, Jessica Alba, Ben Kingsley, Justin Timberlake and even Verne Troyer would turn out for such a piece of crap.

The writing in this movie is horrible and not much more than an endless string of penis jokes badly bufferred by Myers simply mugging at the camera. I was expecting something along the lines of "All of Me". What I saw was an overblown vanity piece for Myers that was simply not funny.

Myers has written some extremely funny stuff in the past. This was not one of them. Someone needs to tell the Emporer he has no clothes.

8 out of 16 people found the following review useful:
Fun movie to break off Mike Myers movie hiatus., 23 June 2008

Author: riedud from United States

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Being a huge fan of Mike Myers I have to say that I was thoroughly disappointed with the previews for this film. Not having a huge desire to see the film I did end up watching it by default on a dinner date. I'm glad to say that the movie was much more entertaining and on par with most of Mike Myers past work. As the love Guru, Mike was true to the comical genius and work that fans of his have come to enjoy. Albeit not the greatest movie for 2008, I thought it was true to Mikes roots and had plenty of slapstick laughs. Even Jessica Alba's generally poor acting was well done here with her playing the unpopular owner of the Maple leafs. With the addition of Verne Troyer as the Maple leafs coach, Justin Timberlake as the antagonist and fellow upcoming popular actor Romany Malco, the movie had a good cast. I was pleased that there were no dry spots and the movie played consistent until the end. Overall I give the movie a 7 with it being decidedly funnier than this years long list of crappy comedy's. If your a fan of Mike Myers, I recommend this fun movie.

8 out of 16 people found the following review useful:
Not great, but not as bad as people say..., 23 June 2008

Author: TK Yang (tehkao) from Los Angeles, CA

I don't understand the hate for this movie. If you are being totally objective, this movie's "quality" of humor is no worse than in Mike Myer's last two Austin Powers movies...lots of body fluid jokes, penis jokes, defecating jokes, midget jokes, etc. And if you can tolerate ridiculous characters like Fat Bastard I don't see why you would have any problem with the ones in this movie. I actually found Verne Troyer to be quite funny in this one and not just because of his midgetness. He delivered some of the best lines. I also thought Stephen Colbert's portrayal of the insane sportscaster to be quite hilarious. Anyway, overall this was a lot like Myer's previous comedies...a lot of vulgar jokes, some don't work, some do...but I think I found myself laughing more watching the Love Guru than the Austin Powers movies.

9 out of 18 people found the following review useful:
"Hey, let's go get a hot girl, a bad pop star, a midget and all the bad sex jokes we can find and make a movie about nothing!", 14 July 2008

Author: toshilovesyou from United States

Words cannot describe how close I was to walking out of the theater during the movie. However, I only stayed out of the hope that there would be a moment that was actually funny. It utterly failed to be another stupidly hilarious Mike myers comedy like Austin Powers or Wayne's World. There was absolutely no plot. It was really like the writers said, "Hey, let's go get a hot girl, a bad pop star, a midget and all the bad sex jokes we can find and make a movie about nothing!" This was truly disappointing.It was LOOOOOOOOOOONG too! By the end, it was getting painful to watch. I was appalled when I heard the couple behind me talking about how hilarious it was. (Pity their lack of taste). I would not suggest this movie to anyone! Good Lord, could it have gotten any worse??

9 out of 18 people found the following review useful:
Literally The Worst Movie I've Ever Seen., 12 July 2008

Author: abepwnsu

I honestly cannot at all believe that anyone who watches this movie can think its the slightest bit funny. I spent the whole movie begging the others to shut it off. It was terrible. I love Mike Myers films and this was a disgrace. Nothing close to Austin Powers. Except that mini me was in it. I recommend this movie to absolutely no one. Even my 10 yo brother thought the movie was stupid and immature. It literally made me never want to watch a movie again. Whatever you do stay away from this movie at all costs. Jessica Alba is also one of my favorite celebrities. I cant believe she actually agreed to be in a movie like this. I didn't listen to what people said about it and watched it anyway. That's the last time i do that.

9 out of 18 people found the following review useful:
How lousy can a movie get?, 11 July 2008

Author: kxok630

It's obvious when a comic knows they're bombing: they resort to the crutch of using dirty jokes or ethnic jokes for cheap, easy laughs. Love Guru is evidence that Mike Myers is dreadfully insecure about the future of his career.

Austin Powers (oh wait, that's the character being rehashed but not what they call him in this flop), learns Eastern Religion and a bad accent. His journey of enlightenment is apparently to insult people (usually with that familiar word that starts with "f"). He chases women, gives advice on how to offend women and therefore get one, etc. There are no laughs, no memorable moments, no reasons to watch this whatsoever. In addition to Myers self-destructing, Jessica Alba continues her challenge to set a record for consecutive lousy performances in worthless movies. Her current run of these career-ending disasters is a number roughly equal to the number of miles that light travels in a year.

This rubbish isn't even good enough for "straight to video" release. The producers, had they had a moment of self-preservation and/or sanity, should have decided not to release it at all.

9 out of 18 people found the following review useful:
I'm just disappointed, 5 July 2008

Author: jswilli3 from United States

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After I saw 'Don't Mess with the Zohan' I didn't think it could get any worse. Then I saw the Love Guru. It has been a downward spiral for 2 of the funniest guys to come out of SNL. I had to give this movie a chance and I can honestly say that it was one of the worst decisions of my life. The terrible jokes, whether it was sexual or whatever, kept being overused and it just got to the point where it was annoying. I was lucky enough to sit in a movie theater with a bunch of 14 year olds and they could not stop laughing. Probably because they were 14 and very immature. I believe that Mike Myers' career is over. Since the last movies he has been in, Austin powers:goldmember, shrek, and the godawful Love guru, have completely bombed. It's hard to think that Myers has ever been funny. To sum up this movie I would have to say: it sucks, its the worst movie i've seen in a long time and if you haven't seen it yet, DON'T.

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