Article: 'Love Guru' lame self-help romp

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Mike Myers plays three different characters in "The Love Guru," a film which he also produced and co-wrote.(PHOTO)

In "The Love Guru," Mike Myers must come to love himself before he can love others. From the credits of this scattershot comedy sketch stretched and strained to movie length, Myers clearly loved himself to the point of narcissism going in. Besides starring, Myers is a producer and co-writer. He's in the cast list four times -- three times for the same character (Guru Pitka, Young Pitka and Teenage Pitka) and for a two-second cameo as himself.

The song credits feature three tunes performed by Myers, among them ...

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