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Article: Crass, humourless tale of self-empowerment ; When The Love Guru opened in America earlier this summer, Hindu leaders were not amused by Mike Myers's mockery of their spiritual leaders, calling for a boycott of the film.
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- Express & Echo (Exeter UK)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2008
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When The Love Guru opened in America earlier this summer, Hindu
leaders were not amused by Mike Myers's mockery of their spiritual
leaders, calling for a boycott of the film.
In truth, no one will be amused by this crass and humourless tale
of self-empowerment, which bookends lack-lustre comic vignettes with
Bollywood-style song and dance performances.
Marco Schnabel's film isn't mean-spirited, it's just
unremittingly dull, wrapping quasi-philosophical teachings in the
usual mishmash of slapstick, innuendo and sight gags.
A musical nod to Wayne's World raises a begrudging smile as does
the running joke about an actress from TV drama Law & Order, but on
the whole, Myers and Graham Gordy's ...
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Article: No love for guru lacking in laughs; THE LOVE GURU ** 12A.(Features)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);
August 1, 2008 ;
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...SEEMS Gandhi has given Mike Myers' Love Guru his seal of approval. NOT! Actually...bombed at the US box office. The Love Guru lampoons the whole Eastern...disaster. CAPTION(S): TAKE THE MICHAEL: Mike Myers plays a mystical guru; OUT IN THE...
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