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The Love guru is a comedy movie casting Jessica Alba(as Jane Bullard) and Mike Myers(guru pitka) on lead. Jessica plays the role of the owner of maple leafs toronto and mike as a a non residential american who was raised by a group of indian gurus.

The story advances as guru pitka returns to america to break into a self-help business. He faces a series of challenges which are romantic and comic. Justin Timberlake also plays a very significant role of Jacques Grand.

The Love Guru received negative reviews from critics. As of June 21, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 15% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 49 reviews — with the consensus that the film “features far too many gross-out gags, and too few earned laughs, ranking as one of Mike Myers’ poorest outings.” Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 23 out of 100, based on 25 reviews.^[8] The movie received an average score of 40.3% from 54 film critics according to Movie Tab.

Jay Stone of the National Post gave the film one star and said the film “is shockingly crass, sloppy, repetitive and thin.” Stone said “Chopra is used almost as a product placement, taking a proud spot alongside a circus, a brand of cinnamon buns, the Leafs and, of course, Mike Myers.” Stone also wrote, “the sitar-based versions of pop songs like 9 to 5 are oddly watchable – but mostly the film is 88 minutes of ridiculous sight gags and obscene puns.”

A. O. Scott of The New York Times wrote “The word ‘unfunny’ surely applies to Mr. Myers’s obnoxious attempts to find mirth in physical and cultural differences but does not quite capture the strenuous unpleasantness of his performance. No, The Love Guru is downright antifunny, an experience that makes you wonder if you will ever laugh again.”

The movie has a few funny gags but most are over done and banal. Most attempts at humor were ruined by unnecessary crudeness. I guess if you liked Austin Powers you might like this movie. For me, this is the last movie with Mike Myers I will ever go see. While he was a respectable talent on SNL, in my estimation he has landed in the crapper.

Rating: 0 out of 5 Jalapenos