Not Much Love Here.

Rating: 5/10 (9 July 2015)

The Love Guru (2008): Dir: Marco Schnabel / Cast: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Ben Kingsley, Verne Troyer: Title speaks for itself as famous Guru Pitka is summoned from India to Canada to reunite a fallen hockey player with his ex-girlfriend. Not a bad setup but from there it is pretty straight forward. The outcome isn't surprising since it becomes rather pointless for Pitka when his goal is met with attitude shifted, but director Marco Schnabel is backed with colourful production that makes a good distraction from the shabby writing. Mike Myers has fun as Pitka whom often remembers his training and his yearning to get a spot on Oprah. Jessica Alba as the woman whom summoned him is basically eye candy. Justin Timberlake as a rival goalie is underused. He is screwing the hockey player's girlfriend and being a total jerk about it. Is it possible that he will meet his match when Pitka is done with his rival? Does this movie suck? Ben Kingsley steals scenes as the cross-eyed Guru trainer but the role is totally one-note. Verne Troyer work well with Myers as Mini-Mi in the Austin Powers films but here the magic is lost. Here is an example of an idea that might have worked since the concept wasn't bad, but it gets reduced to crude jokes and toilet humour worthy of a quick trip to the trash can. Satire of talk show or self help figures but unfortunately only big Myers fans will love this Guru. Score: 5 ½ / 10