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The Love Guru – Movie Review

How long can you beat a horse till it is dead? While Mike Myers’ movies tend to have recurring jokes, usually they do so because the movie is part of a series, like the “Austin Powers” franchise, but “Love Guru” is not one of those movies. Considering that it is a new intellectual property, one would hope that jokes would not be recycled. Yet considering that Verne Troyer is in the movie, it is easy to predict the sorts of jokes Mike Myers’ character will use. The question is, is the film enjoyable?

“Love Guru” is a movie about Guru Pitka, the love guru, who is tasked with trying to help the Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup. To do this he must help Daniel Roanoke get back together with his wife. To get Roanoke back with his wife the guru goes on a few adventures with Roanoke and tries to teach him how to prove his love to his wife. Of course no Mike Myers movie would be complete without a ton of dumb jokes. From jokes about midgets to sexual innuendos, “Love Guru” is filled with jokes. Of course many of these jokes you have heard at one time or another, so this movie really does not have anything new to offer the viewer. Yet for some strange reason this movie was entertaining.

Part of why the film is tolerable is the numerous actors in bit roles. For example, Stephen Colbert and Jim Gaffigan are both mildly funny as the announcers for the Toronto Maple Leaf’s games. Ben Kingsley does a good job as Guru Tugginmypudha, and there are a few moments here and there which can be funny due to the oddity, like when Mike Myers appears in the film as himself. While these moments can be welcome changes of pace, by no means does this actually elevate the film, as these portions are not really pivotal to the story, except for the portions with Ben Kingsley’s character. Of course the Guru Tugginmypudha is pivotal to the story, but while his particular actions can be kind of funny, those scenes tend to be rather ridiculous in nature, feeling like the whole scene was written just to add a particular joke to the movie. While this is not a surprise considering that Mike Myers wrote it, the surprise comes in the fact that some of them just are not that funny.

As a film, “Love Guru” is rather terrible, but it is one of those movies that you can throw on in a room full of people and laugh at all the terrible jokes. Does that make it a good film? No, but it certainly serves the purpose that most films in this genre of films serves, to throw dumb jokes at you to make you laugh. This film is definitely a shite film, in fact, many will probably say it is a shite minus, but if you are a huge Mike Myers fan, this review certainly won’t stop you from seeing the film, and I don’t begrudge anyone who found the film enjoyable, as there are a few funny moments, but otherwise the film is a huge time waster.

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Genuwine Jon Hammer

The self proclaimed "Genuwine" Jon Hammer, currently a student studying at Digipen Institute of Technology to be a programmer. I am a huge pop culture nerd, so movies, music, tv, podcasts, and games are all important to me, in fact if I often post about such topics on my twitter.

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  • Posted: Thursday, March 26th, 2009
  • Author: Genuwine Jon Hammer
  • Filed Under: Film, Review
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