Lauded for his ability to create hilarious and sympathetic characters, he brings the title role to life in his depiction of pitka, the love guru. The world renowned guru pitka is respected man who wants to start his own selfhelp line in america. After they lose three games, coach cherkov berates jane and punches pitka in the groin. Lets just say critics are far, far from in love with it. In comparison, the love guru was made on a huge budget by mike meyers, the creator of comedy classics austin powers and waynes world, which makes this train wreck of a film all the more painful to watch. In the comedy the love guru, pitka mike myers in his first original character since austin powers is an american who was left at the gates. Offensive, revolting and jawdropingly awful from beginning to end, a complete and total piece of singularly horrid infantile trash tm. The love guru the we hate movies podcast wiki fandom.
The love guru soundtrack 2008 the moviemusic store. After reading this article you may also be interested in. Born in america and raised in an indian ashram, pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and selfhelp expert. Its a romantic comedy as he falls for jessica alba as jane bullard, the owner of the toronto maple leafs. The love guru just feels lazy, filling time with jokes about celine dion, oprah winfrey, law and order. Indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull trailer 5. The love guru is a 2008 american romantic comedy film directed by marco schnabel in his.
Here below the latest official poster of the love guru. The love guru soundtrack from 2008, composed by various artists, george s. Fred armisen at an event for the love guru 2008 ben kingsley in the love. Thats right, mike myers uberterrible the love guru lead the pack winning 3 golden raspberries, which according to wikipedia, retail at. New dvd releases september 2008 latest info on new dvd. His unorthodox methods are put to the test when he must settle a rift between toronto maple leafs. The love guru features far too many grossout gags, and too few earned laughs, ranking as one.
The critically derided love guru 14% on rotten tomatoes, released in the summer of 2008, became myers biggest and most notorious flop. Comic actor mike myers tends to exert authority over various aspects of the films in which he appears, from writing the screenplays to providing parts of the soundtracks, in addition to playing several parts. Pineapple express star set rogen and the getaway plan perform live. The love guru loses big at the 2008 razzie awards the playlist. Mike myers comedy, the love guru, will be released on june 20, 2008.
Released by lakeshore records in 2008 lks 340182 containing music from the love guru 2008. If you like the love guru you might like similar movies you dont mess with the zohan, tenacious d in the pick of destiny, blades of glory, team america. His first challenge is to settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete. The love guru barely passes the 80minute mark, yet it still finds time for myers to perform three, count. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The love guru trailer adam sandler can breathe a sigh of relief. With mike myers, jessica alba, romany malco, jessica simpson. The love guru was a total flop in the theaters but i think its a worthwhile comedy. He had successfully fixed kanye wests relationship and made a contribute to screw justin timberlake. The love guru trailer 2008 in the comedy, the love guru myers, pitka is an american who was left at the gates of an ashram in india as a child and raised by gurus. Top 10 actors who nail the english accent duration. Unfortunately, he realizes that he is at a disadvantage because he as.
Vote in the ultimate summer movie showdown round 4. In the comedy the love guru, pitka mike myers in his first original character since austin powers is an. Whatever made myers rescind the dieter contracts obviously didnt stop him from making the love guru, however. The love guru has a few bright spots there are some fun, silly musical numbers, and stephen colberts woozy, boozy sports announcer is always good for a laugh. Myers appeared in the seventh season finale of american idol as pitka, the spiritual director of that show. To settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete. As for the love guru, mike myers return vehicle from a selfimposed exile. Having created a classic, funny scene with his notquitevisible penis sketch in the first austin powers movie, he now assembles, in the love guru, as many more penis jokes as he can think of, none of them funny, except for one based on an offscreen thump. The love guru 99 movie clip the joker 2008 hd duration. The love guru 2008 pg 06202008 us comedy, romance 1h 27m user score.
The love guru is so relentlessly juvenile as to merit a new twist on the pg rating one that. Pitka, an american raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the states in order to break into the selfhelp business. He supplements this subject with countless other awful moments involving. A hilarious comedy starring mike myers as guru pitka in his first original character since the. The love guru ist eine usamerikanische filmkomodie aus dem jahr 2008. Table 34 20 tv episode cece says schmidt looks like a character from the love guru. Watch the love guru full movie in hd visit born in america and raised in an indian ashram, pitka returns to his nativ. Get the love guru dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. The love guru staring mike myers, jessica alba, justin timberlake, romany malco, meagan good, omid djalili and ben kingsley in theaters june 20, 2008. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the love guru near you. With the love guru, you can tell meyers is trying to create another success along the lines of austin powers, but failing miserably. The film was also myers and timberlakes second collaboration after shrek the third 2007.
Pitka, an american raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to america in order to break into the selfhelp business. Obviously this refers to people who have some spiritual love knowledge going on. The love guru 29 movie clip thicker than a snicker 2008 hd. His skills are put to the test when he must get a brokenhearted hockey players. Mike myers, jessica alba, justin timberlake, ben kingsley, meagan good, john oliver, verne troyer, romany malco, jim gaffigan plot. For the love guru, he is the dominant force in this music from the motion picture variousartists soundtrack, which gives the impression that the movie retains the comedians eclectic. But those moments are few and far between, and anytime the movie builds up any amount of goodwill on viewers part, it squanders it with an unfunny excrement or urine joke.
Chat with ajay jethi, the indian face of money heist the quint. The love guru, released in 2008 is yet another amazing performance by the amazing character actor, mike meyers. For all intents and purposes, we havent seen mike myers in anything nonshrek related in over 5 years which has always been confusing and frustrating to me. The love guru trailer b 2008 in the comedy the love guru, pitka mike myers in his first original character since austin powers is an american who was left at the gates of an ashram in india as a child and raised by gurus. Recently, the guru pitka became popular since his first film the love guru. The love guru by owen gleiberman updated july 04, 2008 at 04. The love guru 2008 born in america and raised in an indian ashram, pitka mike myers returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and selfhelp expert. My year of flops, kicking a man while hes down case file. What are some of the funny names from the love guru. A hilarious comedy starring mike myers as guru pitka in his first original character since the blockbuster hit austin powers.
The love guru soundtrack cd details and availability. The stakes and expectations were extraordinarily high for 2008s the love guru. Thanks to fellow snl alumus mike myers crude, bafflingly unfunny comedy, sandlers you dont mess with the zohan wont be. At the end of this movie he had an india dance with jessica alba, my favourite chick, which made me still jealous. The love guru 2008 cast and crew born in america and raised in an indian ashram, pitka mike myers returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and selfhelp expert. Adam calls it the future of comedy, then dresses up as love guru for the roast. In the comedy the love guru, pitka mike myers in his first original character since austin powers is an american who was left at the gates of an ashram in india as a child and raised by gurus. Blake reached the 40point plateau once more with the sharks, tallying 10 goals and 35 assists in his first season. The love guru is a 2008 american romantic comedy film directed by marco schnabel in his directorial debut, written and produced by mike myers, and starring myers, jessica alba, justin timberlake, romany malco, meagan good, verne troyer, john oliver, omid djalili, and ben kingsley. For the best answers, search on this site saddest 1 the green mile 2 gran torino 3 i am sam funniest 1 borat 2 austin powers 3 norbit scariest 1 the exorcist original 2 texas chainsaw massacre original 3 misery disturbing 1 120 days of sodom 2 hostel 3 silence of the lambs. Special victims unit, myers and kanye wests katrina telethon appearance essentially. The love guru 2008 directed by marco schnabel genres comedy subgenres comedy of manners, sports comedy release date jun 20, 2008 usa run time 87 min.
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