The Love Guru

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The Love Guru 2008

A lame trailer and cliches galore don't bode well for this limp Myers comedy. American Pitka was abandoned at an ashram in India as a child and raised by gurus. As an adult, he heads back to the states to cash in on the self-help/spirituality craze. Pitka's unorthodox methods (his mantra is “Mariska Hargitay”) are put to the test when he must solve the marital problems of Toronto hockey star Darren Roanoke (Malco), whose wife has left him for rival Jacques Grande (Timberlake). Team owner Jane Bullard (Alba) is counting on the love guru to come through in time for the playoffs. Not yet reviewed. ?m/C Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Romany Malco, Justin Timberlake, Meagan Good, Verne Troyer, Ben Kingsley, Telma Hopkins, Omid Djalili; D: Marco Schnabel; W: Mike Myers, Graham Gordy; C: Peter Deming; M: George S. Clinton.