The Love Guru

So, I pretty much hammered Mike Meyers and The Love Guru over at the Washington Times. Not out of spite, or anything…unlike all of Hollywood, I actually like Meyers. I think he’s a funny guy, loved the Wayne’s World movies and the first Austin Powers. But I think Christian is right when he says the vitriol unleashed against the movie and its star is out of proportion to the badness of the film. I tried to limit my criticisms to the film itself, but other critics aren’t being quite so kind. An interesting turn of events that I can’t really explain, though it might be the result of the degradation of the Austin Powers and Shrek franchises–there’s nothing a critic hates more than a quickie cash-in of a sequel.

P.S.–I also took a crack at The Promotion over at the Standard‘s website. The more I thought about the movie, the more I liked it. Really worth your time if it’s at the local cineplex.