The Love Guru Critic Reviews
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Based upon 15 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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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
Myers has made some funny movies, but this film could have been written on toilet walls by callow adolescents.Read the full review
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
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
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
Ninety minutes pass like an eternity. Verdict: Down for the count.Read the full review
A disappointment, but it's not a disaster, and that's at least something.Read the full review
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
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 Love Guru is downright antifunny, an experience that makes you wonder if you will ever laugh again.Read the full review