The Guru
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Movie Reviews of The Guru
Movie Review: CINEMATIC CLICHE OF BUMPKINS, BY BUMPKINS, FOR BUMPKINS
Summary: 2 Stars
Imagine all possible outdated (by a decade or so) cliches that the western world will associate with India or Bollywood -- elephants on streets, wild dancing in bright colored Punjabi attire, goofy actors sporting a horribly egregious Indian accent -- all of them, and then some, are stuffed airtight into this cultural excuse for a movie. An East Indian (played by Mistry) comes to America with the hope of making it big in Hollywood (could we get any more unoriginal?), stumbles into a porn studio and a star therein posing as a Catholic virgin. Following an equally predictable turn of doozy events, fails to hit it off in Hollywood (surprise?). Siphons off his [prostitute] friend's philosophy about life and lands up in a fortuitous position as a high-priced "Guru" by regurgitating this advice to the noveau riche of America (who clearly are gullible enough to fall for anything with "Guru" associated with it). Amidst all this sillyness, a lovestory blooms between the [prostitute] and our newfangled wiseman.
Mistry turns in a remarkably ludicrous performance, he can't even lipsynch to the songs if his life depended on it. Heather and Marisa, two admittedly hot numbers, are the minor saving graces of the movie. As is the occasional burst of pop hit singles. But neither the girls nor the lilting music manage to go too far in saving the utterly silly predicament.
If you don't mind a creampuff comedy (and that's a dignified label) laden with ethnic cliches that managed to put forced smiles on people unfamiliar with the real India, then this may be worth your time. Otherwise, you won't miss much if you preserve your sanity and skip this turbaned freakshow.
Movie Review: dont waste your time on this movie
Summary: 2 Stars
I brought this movie, not with very high expectations. Inspite of powerful performance by Heather Graham, playing an adult porn star in US, with an unusual sense of spiritual sexuality , Jimi Mistri, the Indian dance teacher who had come to US to become a big shot in Hollywood, and Marisa Tomei,the American girl who is obsessed with Guru culture, the plot has its inherent shortcomings. It ranks among one of the most disastrous and desperate attempts to make a comedy. Of course this movie should not be watched even with an ounce of seriousness....but even if you are looking for some light entertainment turning off your brains for a while (as many people want to do after a week's hard work), this movie will disappoint you....people are sort of hypnotized by the GURU ,so much so that they readily shake off their pants at his slightest indication...this is most unreal... can't they come up with something better if they are so desperate to profane the Indian Guru culture? the DVD is ok...sound and picture quality is average. i will give the movie 2 stars, mainly because of some good acting from Heather, Jimi and Marisa but the plot does not even deserve one star !Movie Review: Horrible movie
Summary: 1 Stars
This ranks as quite possibly the worst movie I've ever seen. Insulting, rank, and just plain bad. Badly acted, badly directed, bad storyline, I don't know what else to say really. A loathsome mess of low-grade 'ethnic' humour. I'm frankly terribly disappointed with Jimi Mistry's choice here -- he has real potential and it is completely wasted.Movie Review: maybe the worst movie I saw 2002
Summary: 1 Stars
I watched this movie at cinema. I expected maybe some funny india-joking. But this was plain dull. The only thing I remember was the girl I saw this with that I never wanted in the first place, but made out the whole second half of the movie because I had nothing else to do. It went straight to the videostores.Movie Review: Ajay Naidu is in this film!
Summary: 1 Stars
My only reason for seeing this film is because Ajay Naidu is in it. It's good to see Anita Gillette again. Rob Morrow was a surprise. Stupid movie! I don't know what it is about Hollywood/New York but they sure are making alot and I mean alot of dumb movies the last two years.