Underrated and misunderstood

Rating: 10/10 (8 December 2014)

It has been a while since I watched this movie, but I am about to re-rotate it back into my Must-Watch-More-Than-Once personal movie list. That's not to say that this movie must be watched more than once in order to understand its 'hidden message', but that it is one that comes in under the radar.
This movie only recently popped back into my head and like I said, it's been a while, so I am essentially working off the essence that it left behind, hidden somewhere between my heart and my gut. However, it is through this essence that I realized that I loved this movie the first time that I saw it, even if I didn't understand why at the time.
This movie isn't making fun of people who are 'spiritual', 'religious' or even 'those who seek enlightenment through self-improvement movements'. What it does seem to be doing is gently mocking (whilst wearing a grin) our natural tendencies to attach ourselves to labels, images and ideas that we think will help to define us. This includes our quest to 'find' happiness.
What this movie is saying is that if you want to be happy then just be that. Be happy. It really is that simple and Mike Myer's character reflects this in everything he does on screen, not least of which is he himself being humbled.
Yes, even 'gurus' can make mistakes. Yet this flawed, immature, goof-ball of a man is the living embodiment of happiness throughout the movie.
Hmmmmm. You see? Now he has you thinking...