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==Plot==
==Plot==
Mike Myers steals the money of everybody who saw this movie and scared them for life. He was never sued for his crimes. The rest of the actors later commited suicide after seeing the finished film, excepted Daniel Tosh, who says he had no idea what the movie was about and was on acid the entire time. After the release [[Paramount Pictures]] nearly killed Mike Myers, but in exchange for his life, he promised them his first born son. The remaining copies of the film were taken out to the Mojave Desert and set on fire, preventing HBO & Showtime from showing it on their late night schedule.
Darren Roanoke ([[Romany Malco]]), the star player of the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], is suffering from stress because his wife, Prudence Roanoke ([[Meagan Good]]), has left him for the [[Los Angeles Kings|L.A. Kings]] [[French-Canadian]] [[goaltender]] Jacques "Le Coq" Grandé (#1) ([[Justin Timberlake]]). The stress causes his hand to shake, which affects his hockey performance. Jane Bullard ([[Jessica Alba]]) enlists the support of Guru Maurice Pitka ([[Mike Myers (actor)|Mike Myers]]) to help Darren with his stress so that the team can hopefully break their losing streak. In addition to getting a considerable payment, Pitka would be invited to [[Oprah Winfrey|Oprah]]'s show, which he hopes would help him become the #1 guru, a place currently held by [[Deepak Chopra]]. Pitka succeeds, but feels no need anymore to become #1.

==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Mike Myers (actor)|Mike Myers]] as Guru Maurice Pitka (in all forms)
* [[Mike Myers (actor)|Mike Myers]] as Guru Maurice Pitka (in all forms)

Revision as of 05:18, 20 August 2010

The Love Guru
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMarco Schnabel
Written byMike Myers
Graham Gordy
Produced byMike Myers
Gary Barber
Michael DeLuca
StarringMike Myers
Jessica Alba
Justin Timberlake
Romany Malco
CinematographyPeter Deming
Edited byBilly Weber
Music byGeorge S. Clinton
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
June 20, 2008
Running time
91 minutes
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom<br Canada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$62 million[1]
Box office$41,819,064[1]

The Love Guru is a 2008 American comedy film, directed by Marco Schnabel and starring Mike Myers and Jessica Alba along with Romany Malco, Justin Timberlake, Megan Good and Verne Troyer. In addition to starring in the film, Myers wrote The Love Guru with Graham Gordy, and produced it with Gary Barber. The film was released by Paramount Pictures on June 20, 2008 and on August 1 in the United Kingdom. It was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on September 16.

In 2009, the film won three Golden Raspberry Awards, for Worst Picture (beating Disaster Movie, The Hottie and the Nottie, and Meet the Spartans), Worst Actor (Mike Myers) and Worst Screenplay.

Plot

Mike Myers steals the money of everybody who saw this movie and scared them for life. He was never sued for his crimes. The rest of the actors later commited suicide after seeing the finished film, excepted Daniel Tosh, who says he had no idea what the movie was about and was on acid the entire time. After the release Paramount Pictures nearly killed Mike Myers, but in exchange for his life, he promised them his first born son. The remaining copies of the film were taken out to the Mojave Desert and set on fire, preventing HBO & Showtime from showing it on their late night schedule.

Cast


As themselves

Music

The original score for the film was composed by George S. Clinton, who recorded it with an 80-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at Warner Bros.[2]

The song "Dhadak Dhadak" from the 2005 Bollywood film Bunty Aur Babli was used in the trailer, while "Mere Mitwa, Mere Geet Re" from the Geet was used in a fantasy song sequence between Myers and Alba featured in the film.

The songs "9 to 5", "More Than Words", and "The Joker" are all in the film (performed by Mike Myers, and with sitar accompaniment) and on the soundtrack. "Brimful of Asha" was also used in the film.

A snippet of "Bohemian Rhapsody" is played while Pitka and head-bobbing Roanoke are driving in a car en route to Buffalo - a quick homage to Myers' character Wayne Campbell (Wayne's World) who was known for 'head-banging' to the same song.

Céline Dion's songs "I Drove All Night" and "Because You Loved Me" were featured in the film as Justin Timberlake's character was a massive fan, and a well-known Céline impersonator Laura Landauer has a part in the film as Céline Dion.

Promotion

Mike Myers appeared in the seventh season finale of American Idol as his character, Pitka, the "spiritual director" of that show. The finalists David Cook and David Archuleta got to visit the Paramount Pictures studio theater to see The Love Guru a month before its release and then got to meet Myers dressed like Pitka and playing Sitar Hero.

A "Fan Resource Page" at Fox Entertainment's beliefnet.com website[3] was "created as part of a collaboration between Beliefnet and Paramount Pictures."[4]

Box office performance

While predicted to be a summer hit, The Love Guru ended up being a box office bomb. In its opening weekend, The Love Guru grossed $13.9 million in 3,012 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #4 at the box office.[1] The opening week numbers fell short of the $20 million range forecast by Hollywood pundits.[5] To date, the film has grossed $40,854,735 worldwide,[1] two-thirds of its $62 million budget.

Critical reception

The Love Guru was panned by most critics. As of August 9, 2010, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 15% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 160 reviews.[6] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 24 out of 100, based on 33 reviews.[7]

Jay Stone of the National Post gave the film one star and said the film "is shockingly crass, sloppy, repetitive and thin." Stone said "Chopra is used almost as a product placement, taking a proud spot alongside a circus, a brand of cinnamon buns, the Leafs and, of course, Mike Myers." Stone also wrote, "the sitar-based versions of pop songs like "9 to 5" are oddly watchable - but mostly the film is 88 minutes of ridiculous sight gags and obscene puns."[8]

A. O. Scott of The New York Times wrote "The word 'unfunny' surely applies to Mr. Myers’s obnoxious attempts to find mirth in physical and cultural differences but does not quite capture the strenuous unpleasantness of his performance. No, The Love Guru is downright antifunny, an experience that makes you wonder if you will ever laugh again."[9] Scott also commented that the cameo appearance of actress Mariska Hargitay was anti-climactic. An ongoing gag in the film is the use of "Mariska Hargitay" as a phony Hindi greeting.[9]

Harry Knowles of Aintitcoolnews.com was utterly disgusted with the film, considering it one of the worst films of at least the past several years, and going so far as to declare it a career-killing movie for Myers.[10]

The Globe and Mail gave the film a 1-star review, saying the only funny part was the line "the Toronto Maple Leafs have won the Stanley Cup!", due to the recent lack of skills displayed by the team. One reviewer felt that the only actor that "really scores in the film is Stephen Colbert," who plays a drug- and sex-addicted hockey broadcaster, lauding his performance as "absolutely hysterical."

The film was listed as the worst film of 2008 in the New York Post's Top 10 Worst Movies of 2008 overview.[11]

Home media

The Love Guru was released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 16, 2008 with 11 deleted and extended scenes, bloopers, a gag reel, and two audio commentaries. It sold 500,000 DVD units bringing in $9 million in revenue.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d The Love Guru at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ Dan Goldwasser (2008-05-24). "George S. Clinton scores Mike Myers' The Love Guru". ScoringSessions.com. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  3. ^ The Love Guru on Beliefnet
  4. ^ Disclaimer about contents of The Love Guru Fan Resource Page from Beliefnet
  5. ^ "'Smart' Moviegoers Give 'Guru' No Love". America Online. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  6. ^ "The Love Guru Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
  7. ^ "Love Guru, The (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  8. ^ Jay Stone (2008-06-19). "Love Guru is inoffensive to all except fans of comedy". National Post. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  9. ^ a b A.O. Scott (2008-06-20). "Just Say 'Mariska Hargitay' and Snicker". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  10. ^ Harry Knowles (2008-06-19). "Harry says, 'If Shit Got THE LOVE GURU On It, Shit Would Wipe It Off!'". Aintitcoolnews.com. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  11. ^ ""Today's Ten: Worst Movies Of 2008"". NY Post. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
  12. ^ http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2008/LGURU-DVD.php

External links

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