A Pathetic Comedy

Rating: 3/10 (12 February 2011)

The Love Guru is definitely one of the worst comedies I have ever been unfortunate enough to watch. If you can call it a comedy. I wish Mike Myers would step up and explain why he chose to be in this movie, as he is a funny actor and has proved this in other films. None of the obviously set up lines in this movie are remotely funny, nor are they creative. Most of them are repeats of earlier lines said at the beginning of the film, just worded differently. The acting is mediocre at best, although it is most likely worsened by the horrible script. I also believe that the plot was set up for the wrong reasons. Although Mike Myers was born in Toronto, the movie focuses much too obviously on Canada, and it seems to attempt to get a good feeling of pride out of the viewer, be it the Toronto Maple Leafs being the focus of the movie or Jessica Alba's lines displaying her pride of being Canadian. Instead it just made the movie seem even more pretentious. Overall The Love Guru was a terrible film that I wish could return the wasted time I spent watching it.