The Love Guru (2008)

Posted : 9 months, 3 weeks ago at Jan 31 16:20

"The Love Guru" is Mike Myers' most recent film, which also stars his Austin Powers co-star Vern Troyer. Let's just say This is no Austin Powers. Myers plays guru Pitka, a love guru from a different country (I personally forget where). He is called upon to help a professional hockey player get the love of his life back. Throughout the film, he tries different approaches for success, and the first couple are failures. He eventually befriends the owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs (Jessica Alba) and she helps him fix the hockey player's problem. They all become great friends. "The Love Guru" brought me mixed emotions. Both laughter and the occasional confusion. I found some scenes to very funny, but the stupidity overruled that. I would recommend watching this, but for different reasons, t...Read more

Rating : 5/10

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago at Sep 27 3:37

"If your Uncle Jack helped you off an elephant, would you help your Uncle jack off an elephant?" Mike Myers has never been one to baulk at penis jokes, juvenile potty humour, boyish smut, fart gags or scatological comedy. The actor produced a lucrative career by featuring in Saturday Night Live skits as well as the Austin Powers trilogy, and he lent his voice to the animated Shrek film series. The Love Guru is his latest comedy (I use the term "comedy" very loosely) and it was supposed to be a return to form for the successful actor who had spent the last 5 years hitting the big screen with Shrek sequels (there were many TV specials and direct-to-DVD spin-offs that he was involved in as well). His last live-action outing was 2003's Cat in the Hat...I doubt a comment is necessary. For...Read more