The Love Guru Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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Based upon 15 Critic Reviews
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Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites

This is the first time we've seen Myers in the flesh since he committed assault and battery on Dr. Seuss, and I wish the cat had stayed in the hat.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

Myers has made some funny movies, but this film could have been written on toilet walls by callow adolescents.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

Myers is trying for another of his endearingly hormonal imp-egomaniacs, but hidden behind a wavy beard, a wax-curled mustache, and an astoundingly ugly squashed fake nose, he's a little too grotesque.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Jan StuartAdd Critic to Favorites

The film's sunniest moments occur whenever song preempts all the fighting and smirking. Myers leads the cast in sitar-accompanied covers of such Bollywood favorites as "9 to 5" and Steve Miller's "The Joker," revealing a glimmer of the cross-cultural romp that could have been.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

Occasional bursts of comedy keep things from becoming unbearable but whenever Myers tries to get even a little serious or advance the "plot," the desire to take a nap becomes almost overpowering.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

Ninety minutes pass like an eternity. Verdict: Down for the count.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

A disappointment, but it's not a disaster, and that's at least something.Read the full review

Slate | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites

This tale of a guru who brings joy to all who meet him is the most joy-draining 88 minutes I've ever spent outside a hospital waiting room.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk HoneycuttAdd Critic to Favorites

Not only does the film stumble badly from one skit to another, the skits themselves have too much dead air.Read the full review

The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

The Love Guru is downright antifunny, an experience that makes you wonder if you will ever laugh again.Read the full review

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