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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Mike Myers (written by) &
Graham Gordy (written by)
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Release Date:
20 June 2008 (USA) more
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Tagline:
His Karma is Huge more
Plot:
Pitka an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge: To settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 6 nominations more
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User Reviews:
Jumping the Shark is too kind a phrase for this mess! more (208 total)


Additional Details

Also Known As:
Der Love Guru (Germany)
Untitled Mike Myers Project (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language, some comic violence and drug references.
Runtime:
87 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Ireland:15A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44134) | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:12 | UK:12A | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | France:U | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:M | Australia:M

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Trivia:
Used throughout the movie as a faux Indian greeting, "Mariska Hargitay" is the actually the name of an actress. When Guru Pitka greets his followers after his presentation at the Pitka Ashram, Haritay herself appears in a brief cameo scene which makes light of her role as Detective Olivia Benson in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999). more
Goofs:
Factual errors: During the first game between Toronto and LA, Roanoke and Grande get into a fight. The referee informs Roanoke that he has been given a game suspension which is actually called a game misconduct. more
Quotes:
Coach Punch Cherkov: If I sit like this any longer, I'm gonna pop my dink bag. more
Movie Connections:
References "Hockey Night in Canada" (1952) more
Soundtrack:
Aaja Tujko Pukare Mere Geet Re, Mere Geet Re, O Mere Mitwa more

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101 out of 160 people found the following review useful.
Jumping the Shark is too kind a phrase for this mess!, 22 June 2008
1/10
Author: deanbean317 from United States

If you hate Mike Myers then this movie will be your holy grail...the one you hold high and proclaim loudly "See, I told you this A-Hole wasn't funny!"

If you love Mike Myers (as I do, in a totally manly non-ancient-Greece type way) then you'll just have to hang your head and silently agree.

What in Krishna's name went wrong here? How could these people have sat in an editing room and watched this hundreds of times during the final cut and not said to themselves " I have to save Mike Myers from himself!" I only had to watch the first fifteen minutes ONCE before I was ready to walk out.

How do I hate thee, let me count the ways; BAD acting, BAD casting, BAD writing, BAD directing, BAD dialogue, BAD excuse for a hockey mask (What is this, 1975?)

Is there anything good in this movie? YES! Romany Malco (Weeds, The 40 Year Old Virgin) rises above the dreck by playing a real person in a comic book universe. He's funny, sympathetic and believable; in short, everything this movie IS NOT.

I did get some good laughs though, out of the previews for "Tropic Thunder" and "Hamlet II". Do yourself a favor and miss this one (throwing up popcorn is a painful experience!)

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