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Article: Strong feelings towards the love guru
- Article from:
- Hull Daily Mail (UK)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2008
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Marco Schnabel's film isn't mean-spirited, it's just
unremittingly dull, wrapping quasi-philosophical teachings ("an eye
for an eye leaves everyone blind") 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 And Order, but
on the whole, Myers and Graham Gordy's script blunders from one
pitiful punchline to the next, reaching an excruciating crescendo
with two elephants copulating.
A smattering of celebrity cameos (Jessica Simpson, Val Kilmer,
Kanye West, Myers as himself) fall flat, while pivotal scenes
involving Oprah Winfrey and Celine Dion are clumsily realised ...