Review in a Hurry: So Mike Myers' "first original character" since Austin Powers—an American raised by a cross-eyed Indian yogi (Ben Kingsley) to become a self-help guru—is pretty much the same as all his other characters. Just with an all-new fake accent this time. 

The Bigger Picture: Early on in the movie, Myers' guru character, Pitka, is doing yoga and literally sticks his head up his own rear end. There could be no more apt metaphor for what ensues onscreen: The first three names in the cast list are all Mike Myers, for playing Pitka at different ages. What little plot there is involves Pitka being hired by the babe-tastic owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs (Jessica Alba) to help her star player (Romany Malco) get over his women problems, caused by both an ex-fiancée (Meagan Good, even more babe-tastic) and a tough, gospel-singing mother (Telma Hopkins).

Like Myers himself, Pitka is so desperate to be loved that he mugs incessantly and giggles like a schoolgirl at all his own jokes. Director Marco Schnabel (a protégé of Myers pal/Austin Powers director Jay Roach) just sits back and lets the star do his thing, which as usual means lots of big frozen grins, urination scenes, midget jokes, "think I'm gonna hurl" bits, blatant product placement, mockery of celebrity names and that annoying "promised myself I wouldn't cry!" fake-choking-back-tears thing he does.

As usual, the surprise celebrity cameos are the highlight.

The 180–a Second Opinion: Myers' sense of humor hasn't worn out its welcome on everyone, and we must admit this movie isn't significantly worse than Shrek the Third. If you teared up at the recent Wayne's World reunion on MTV, odds are The Love Guru might make you laugh.