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The Love Guru (2008)

★ 4.1 · 764 ratings on TMDB

His karma is huge.

The Love Guru poster★ 4.1

Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skills are put to the test when he must get a brokenhearted hockey player's marriage back on track in time for the man to help his team win the Stanley Cup.

DirectorMarco Schnabel
CastJessica Alba, Jim Gaffigan, John Oliver, Justin Timberlake, Manu Narayan, Meagan Good
GenresComedy, Romance
The emergence reading

The Love Guru keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing selfhelp, celebrity, sports, ego.

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