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The Love Guru [DVD] [2008]

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Director: Marco Schnabel
Actors: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Ben Kingsley
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: DVD

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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

11 reviews
Sales Rank: 16851

Format: PAL
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 85 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

EAN: 5014437943637
ASIN: B001CVBICK

Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: December 26, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.co.uk Review
Mike Myers, creator of iWayne's World/i and iAustin Powers/i, 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, iWeeds/i) and his wife (Meagan Good, iStomp the Yard/i), 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 iThe Love Guru/i 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 iAustin Powers/i 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. --iBret Fetzer/i

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Liquor up front ... Poker in back ...... oh my god, I just got that! August 4, 2008
Horatio Guttersnipe (London, England)
4 out of 13 found this review helpful

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 but what is presented was lacking in imagination. It was humorous, personally I found laughing at a group of fools to be oddly refreshing and it was all very tongue in cheek and the two elephants making 'happy' - well, it was all in the worst possible taste wasn't it, you can say that for most of the film - yet this is ultimately a cheap film from Myers, the obscene jokes have a shocking impact which make you laugh once - for their inappropriateness but I doubt I'll watch it again ... well, maybe only to watch the opening song 9 - 2 - 5 ... it was fun, but I can't rave about the whole film.............. br /

5 out of 5 stars

very funny a bit silly as well but over all a grate film August 29, 2009
tom best
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

its a grate and funny film that if not bort then must be rent from some were .

4 out of 5 stars

The love guru March 3, 2009
Ms. Rebecca J. Price
0 out of 5 found this review helpful

This product did not take to long to come and it was in perfect condition when it did.

4 out of 5 stars

Pretty funny May 25, 2009
Kay Brooksby (northants england)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

The movie was quite good but i weren't rolling on the floor with laughter. The song numbers were the best.

3 out of 5 stars

2.5--This film seems so out of place in Mike Myers career., September 27, 2008
Jenny J.J.I. (That Lives in Northern Nevada)
5 out of 9 found this review helpful

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. br / br /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. br / br /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. br / br /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. br /

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