★★☆☆☆ (2/5 stars) Streaming Status: Check your local Netflix library (US/Canada/UK availability varies). Have you rewatched The Love Guru recently? Are you Team Pitka or Team Le Coq? Let us know in the comments below!
If you’ve been scrolling through Netflix’s comedy section lately, you might have done a double take. Nestled between stand-up specials and rom-coms, a familiar, turban-topped face might have appeared: Mike Myers as The Love Guru . love guru on netflix
Let’s break down the karma, the controversy, and the comedy of The Love Guru . Before the memes and the box office post-mortems, here was the pitch: Mike Myers plays Guru Pitka , a self-help guru raised in an Indian ashram who longs to surpass his rival, Deepak Chopra (playing himself). Pitka gets his big break when the owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs (Jessica Alba) hires him to mend the broken-hearted star hockey player, Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco), whose wife has left him for the monstrous rival goalie, Jacques “Le Coq” Grande (Justin Timberlake). Let us know in the comments below