Looking for the big gig that will push him to number one, pitka takes on the job of repairing the damaged relationship between star hockey player darren. Hind, an officer supervisor, and eric myers, an insurance agent. Mike myers interview the love guru collider collider. Mike myers, creator of waynes world and austin powers, adds another character to his arsenal of comic personae. May 17, 2018 the baffling return of mike myers one of the biggest comedy stars of the past 30 years is back after a long hiatusin one of the worst movies of the year, on talk shows, and, as always, hiding.
Jul 25, 2008 y ou dont need to be a hindu in order to find compelling and karmically convincing reasons to boycott mike myers the love guru. John patterson on mike myers the love guru film the. Y ou dont need to be a hindu in order to find compelling and karmically convincing reasons to boycott mike myers the love guru. Myers television career really started in 1988, when he joined saturday night live 1975, where. She hires pitka to help her team win the stanley cup by providing therapy to her star player romany malco as darren roanoke.
Spiritual leader defends mike myers the love guru film. With jimi mistry, heather graham, marisa tomei, michael mckean. The love guru 2008 mike myers as guru pitka, young pitka. Having created a classic, funny scene with his notquitevisible penis sketch in the first austin powers movie, he now assembles, in the love guru, as many more penis jokes as he can think of, none of them funny, except for one. While chopra is interested in enlightenment, pitka is interested in sex. The real reason why hollywood stopped casting mike myers.
Mike myerss love guru triumphs at razzies film the. A certain level of selfhatred is to be expected from funny people, but that was taking it entirely too far. Unfortunately, it devolves into little more than a series of bodily fluidthemed gags and sex jokes. Mike myers is guru pitka, the son of missionaries, who abandoned him as a child to be raised by a crazed guru in india along with his nemesis rival deepak chopra. In the movie, mike plays pitka, an american who was left at the gates of an ashram in india as a child and raised by gurus. This looks about as funny as the upcoming adam sandler comedy, dont mess with the zohan. John patterson on mike myers the love guru film the guardian. With all the pomp of a political campaign, myers has been trying to storm the zeitgeist in recent weeks with his newest character, a loony spiritual leader named guru pitka appearing on the. Its a romantic comedy as he falls for jessica alba as jane bullard, the owner of the toronto maple leafs.
Meagan good as prudence roanoke, darrens wife and jacques lover. Pitka, an american raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the states in order to break into the selfhelp business. The film was also myers and timberlakes second collaboration. The love guru is a 2008 american comedy film, directed by marco schnabel and starring mike myers and jessica alba. Mike myers love guru may speak of yin and yang, but the hollywood version of bad balanced by good might be the razzies and the oscars.
My year of flops, kicking a man while hes down case file. Mike myers new comedy, the love guru, is a disappointment, but its not a disaster, and thats at least something. The love guru 99 movie clip the joker 2008 hd youtube. The love guru, when i saw the trailer, i wasnt exactly laughing, but it was mike myers, the clever man who has brought us austin powers and waynes world, i had to have hope. The love guru, mike myers, meagan good, justin timberlake. The film was released by paramount pictures on june 20, 2008 and was. In the comedy the love guru, pitka mike myers in his first original character since austin powers is an american who was left at the gates of an ashram in india as a child and raised by gurus. Pitka mike myers is an american who was left at the gates of an ashram in india as a child and raised by gurus. Paramount has released the movie trailer for the upcoming mike myers comedy the love guru. Limiting the box office potential was that the movie was opening against another comedy get smart and after months of annoying marketing material, the film rode a wave of bad. Love guru, the bd a hilarious comedy starring mike myers as guru pitka in his first origin al character since the blockbuster hit austin powers. Mike myers, movie star, was officially shitcanning mike myers, screenwriter. For younger audiences who may not necessarily associate mike myers with austin powers or shrek, theres another movie that unfortunately comes to mind.
Jun 20, 2008 mike myers new comedy, the love guru, is a disappointment, but its not a disaster, and thats at least something. The love guru is repulsive, embarrassing, obscene, boring, and awful. The baffling return of mike myers one of the biggest comedy stars of the past 30 years is back after a long hiatusin one of the worst movies of the year, on talk shows, and, as always, hiding. During this lecture, myers gets in his jabs early and often and, had the rest of the movie continued on this level, the love guru might have been myers most successful comedy todate. Mike myers full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Mike myerss the love guru was the big winner, or perhaps that should be loser, at this years golden raspberries, the awards ceremony dedicated to the years most awful examples of. A young man leaves india to find fame and fortune in america where he unexpectedly becomes a sex guru.
Mike myers celebrity profile check out the latest mike myers photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. In addition to starring in the film, myers wrote the love guru with graham gordy and produced it with gary barber. Myers television career really started in 1988, when he joined saturday night live 1975, where he spent. Despite all of the exposure and high audience awareness of the love guru, tracking was too difficult to gauge if auds would have interest in this mike myers vehicle.
May 15, 2008 pitka mike myers is an american who was left at the gates of an ashram in india as a child and raised by gurus. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In the love guru, mike myers plays guru pitka, a selfhelp expert whose mystical and mischievous teachings on love and sex have made him second only to deepak chopra in the selfhelp world. For a disaster, look no further than get smart, which is competing against. With mike myers, jessica alba, romany malco, jessica simpson. Jun 16, 2008 in the movie, mike plays pitka, an american who was left at the gates of an ashram in india as a child and raised by gurus. Michael john myers oc born may 25, 1963 is a canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and director. Which might sum up the love guru in its entirety but only at the risk of grievously understating the movies.
Michael john myers was born in 1963 in scarborough, ontario, to alice e. His parents were both english, and had served in the royal air force and british army, respectively. The love guru 2008 mike myers as guru pitka, young pitka, teenage pitka, mike myers. There are a million reasons to pile on that have nothing to do. Feb 01, 2017 for younger audiences who may not necessarily associate mike myers with austin powers or shrek, theres another movie that unfortunately comes to mind. One of the few featurev175321saturday night livesaturdaynightlivetvseries cast members to make a successful transition to film, mike myers gained worldwide fame with his impersonations of a heavy metalloving couch potato in.
The love guru is a 2008 american romantic comedy film directed by marco schnabel in his directorial debut, written and produced by mike myers, and starring myers, jessica alba, justin timberlake, romany malco, meagan good, verne troyer, john oliver, omid djalili, and ben kingsley. He is known for his run as a performer on saturday night live from 1989 to 1995, and for playing the title roles in the waynes world, austin powers, and shrek film franchises. Pitka mike myers dreams of finding fame in the love guru. The love guru isnt mike myers finest moment, and stooping so low for so long may look backbreakingly cynical to some eyes, a sure sign of civilizations collapse. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Spiritual leader defends mike myers the love guru deepak chopra has hit back at critics of the new film about a hindu selfhelp guru. Jun 16, 2008 with all the pomp of a political campaign, myers has been trying to storm the zeitgeist in recent weeks with his newest character, a loony spiritual leader named guru pitka appearing on the. The love guru was a total flop in the theaters but i think its a worthwhile comedy. Having created a classic, funny scene with his notquitevisible penis sketch in the first austin powers movie, he now assembles, in the love guru, as many more penis jokes as he can think of, none of them funny, except for one based on an offscreen thump. Love guru trailer mike myers returns to prosthetics. Mike myers, jessica alba, justin timberlake, ben kingsley, omid djalili, verne troyer, kanye west, jessica simpson, marco schnabel, mike myers, jessica alba.
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