By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Paramount Pictures
The Love Guru
I haven't liked The Love Guru since the film's first trailer. Don't get me wrong, I love the Just For Pubes website, but that's all about this production I found worth noting. Predicting that this film would likely be a POS since the beginning, the first official reviews to surface only confirm my suspicions.
Official The Love Guru Reviews
Here are two of the first official reviews for The Love Guru and, as you can tell, they completely agree with one another; the film has weak humor.
Variety
“The Love Guru” is so relentlessly juvenile as to merit a new twist on the PG-13 rating -- one that strongly cautions not only those under 13 but anyone much above it, too. Even so, producer/co-writer/star Mike Myers partially wears down resistance by simply pummeling the audience with bathroom jokes, sixth-grade puns and silly songs, and clocking in under 90 minutes, the movie avoids this summer’s comedic mini-trend of overstaying its welcome. Opening opposite “Get Smart” isn’t ideal, but coupled with lingering affection for the “Austin Powers” series, this might just be dumb enough to at least hold its own.
Hollywood Reporter
After the "Austin Powers" trilogy, there was a sense that comedian Mike Myers had elevated his game. Working with a character in three movies, he evolved the series from slapdash skits into real movies that had connective tissue and continuing characters. "Love Guru" is a regressive step in the extreme. Not only does the film stumble badly from one skit to another, the skits themselves have too much dead air. Neither Myers nor a group of hesitant actors -- who seem more like an endless number of sidekicks than supporting players -- show much confidence in the material. They seem to deliver lines or perform bits so they may quickly duck the rotten tomatoes surely headed their way.
I could have written these reviews just by viewing the trailers. Check out both reviews for The Love Guru by clicking the bold links above.
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