Synopsis
Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skills are put to the test when he must get a brokenhearted hockey player's marriage back on track in time for the man to help his team win the Stanley Cup.
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Cast
- Mike MyersGuru Pitka
- Jessica AlbaJane Bullard
- Justin TimberlakeJacques "Le Coq" Grandé
- Romany MalcoDarren Roanoke
- Meagan GoodPrudence
- John OliverDick Pants
- Verne TroyerCoach Punch Cherkov
- Manu NarayanRajneesh
- Stephen ColbertJay Kell
- Jim GaffiganTrent Lueders
Recommendations
- 42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
If you're a Toronto native or a big-time hockey geek, there are enough little in jokes to probably carry you through the leaden pacing and barrel-scraping gross-out humor, but it's an awfully dull ride for the rest of us. - 40
Variety
So relentlessly juvenile as to merit a new twist on the PG-13 rating -- one that strongly cautions not only those under 13 but anyone much above it, too. - 38
Chicago Tribune
The Love Guru”does not bring out Myer's best, and aside from a deft early Bollywood parody, there’s nothing visually to help the fun along. - 33
The A.V. Club
Myers combines his love of references, silly names, and mindless repetition by having his guru use "Mariska Hargitay" as a greeting/mantra. The first time it's employed, it's merely unfunny; by the 13th or 40th time, it's almost hypnotic in its awfulness. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Not only does the film stumble badly from one skit to another, the skits themselves have too much dead air. - 30
Village Voice
Now and again some pungent writing leaks through to poke fun at the excruciating banality of guru wisdom. But mostly it’s dreary dick jokes and elephant poop, slack directing by Marco Schnabel, and, of all fatal errors, Mike Myers, shooting for cuddly. - 30
Washington Post
The results are a wheezy, tired attempt to milk more laughs out of the '60s, by doing exactly what "Austin Powers" did. - 25
Chicago Sun-Times
Myers has made some funny movies, but this film could have been written on toilet walls by callow adolescents.
