Official Site: www.lovegurumovie.com
Director: Marco Schnabel
Writer: Mike Myers, and Graham Gordy
Producer(s): Michael De Luca, Donald J. Lee Jr., and Mike Myers.
Starring: Mike Myers as Guru Pitka, Jessica Alba as Jane Bullard, Justin Timberlake as Jacques Grandes, Romany Malco as Darren Roanoke, Verne Troyer as Coach Punch Cherkov, Ben Kingsley as Guru Tugginmypudha, and Meagan Good as Prudence Roanoke(IMDb). Rated PG-13.
Guru Pitka is the #2 guru in the world after Deepak Chopra; the opportunity for Pitka to be #1 presents itself when Darren Roanoke, the best player on the Toronto Mapleleafs, has broken up with his wife, and as a result his game has been affected. To help redeem Roanoke's skills, Pitka has been offered 2 million dollars, by Jane Bullard, a big follower of Pitka, and the head of the Toronto Mapleleafs. In the processes of trying to help Roanoke Pitka learns a valuable lesson.
This movie was silly and delightful, and it had a great plot. Mike Myers wrote the script excellently, as all the acronyms were very creative. Granted this movie was not flat out hilarious but the laughs were consistent, and there were some absolutely surprisings parts. Myers has not lost his touch, and he has kept his trademark of interacting with movie watchers by winking when his character commits an outlandishly unrealistic act. The punch lines are relentless through out the film, and one wonders how does he invent them. As funny as this film was, I thought it was missing something, but it is difficult for me to conclude what the missing ingredient was. In any event, I laughed, and I was not disappointed. According to Metacritic.com, the film received generally bad reviews, and Rottentomatoes.com indicated 17 fresh tomatoes to 90 rotten ones thus far. I disagree with the bad reviews, and I'll grade a B-. Stay tuned, Movieporium. blogspot.com.
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