The Love Guru, 2008

It's a typical lack-luster Mike Myers film. He piqued at Wayne's World and had a minor climb with Austin Powers, but his latest incarnation as the Love Guru is missing cleverness. The jokes are sophomoric and have little respect for the audience. The writing is slow for a comedy and no great zingers that are typical in post-2004 comedies. Myers clearly took some of his jokes from other films and tried to make them his own. Unfortunately he failed. Jessica Alba is misused and her talent was wasted on this project. The offensiveness for American audiences is minimal, bt I wouldn't want to be in an Indian-american household. On the positive, Justin Timberlake delivers a great supporting act that further shows he can go from drama (Alpha Dog) to comedy (Love Guru and countless SNL appearances). He steals the scenes he is in, which is probably why Myers should stick to playing all the major characters himself, and perhaps why he did in all the Austin Powers movies. Two stars.

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