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Mixed or average reviews- based on 6 Ratings

  • Starring: Heather Graham, Jimi Mistry, Marisa Tomei
  • Summary: Pairing comedic screen siren Heather Graham as an honest young woman who has kept one very big secret and English actor Jimi Mistry as an Indian immigrant who wants to be a star, The Guru spins the romantic comedy on its head. (Universal Pictures)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 30
  2. Negative: 6 out of 30
  1. Bright dialogue and finely embroidered performances adorn The Guru like festive beading on a pair of made-in-India bedroom slippers.
  2. 80
    A joyous genre-blender guaranteed to crank up your karma.
  3. Reviewed by: Ed Park
    60
    As a dirtier Deepak, Mistry is blankly sweet, suitable for his role as Subcontinental Rorschach.
  4. 38
    Swami says, “Steer clear of The Guru, a dismally dumb sex comedy, lest you waste $9 and 90 minutes of your life you will never get back.''

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5

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