Critics have been unfair

Rating: 5/10 (8 July 2008)

Austin Powers most definitely is not, no were even close, but is far from the horrid mess the critics have reviewed it as. A current 3.5 on IMDb is proof that if you get enough people to say some things crap then most people will see crap no matter what and forget the times the movie made them laugh. Or like a friend of mine who has a built in stereotype of comedies of this kind, anything with stupid or gross-out humor makes him forget about all other times the movie was funny. I'm not saying this, or movies of this kind are great by no means, but horrible and unwatchable they are not, and not deserving of a low ratting just for it's lower moments of comedy. OK, personnel venting out of the way, this is far from a great film. Funny at times but not enough, Jessica Alba's movie choices continue to make me wonder and after Justin Timberlake's fantastic work in both Alpha Dog and Black Snake Moan, this is a huge step back for him. Hell the fact that I just said Justin Timberlake and fantastic in the same sentence should be reason enough to keep him away from The Love Guru. Not that his character in this could have been way better, because it could have, I'm not sure if that's bad writing or bad directing. Honestly though, should anyone be even commenting on directing in a film like this, it's just one sketch scene after another with a little story to keep things moving. Wow, I have gone on way longer then this film deserves.