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83Bright dialogue and finely embroidered performances adorn The Guru like festive beading on a pair of made-in-India bedroom slippers.
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80A joyous genre-blender guaranteed to crank up your karma.
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75The first pleasant surprise of 2003, a cross-cultural romantic comedy that doesn't stint on romance or comedy, and- - when you least expect and most need it- - throws in some jaunty musical numbers of its own.
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70Delightful screwball comedy.
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70By the time a Bollywood production number segues into the finale from "Grease," the transition not only makes perfect sense, it sparkles.
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70The Guru turns out to be just a flirtation with the musical rather than a full-on embrace. That's a shame because the musical interludes are where the film wears its heart and finds its soul.
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63Hits more laughs than it misses and its characters are likable, empathetic people.
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63Agreeable and slipshod in equal fashion, The Guru illustrates the subtle distinction between stupidity and goofiness.
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63The movie offers up too many airy spiritual lessons in the hope of crossing from farce to sentiment.
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60As a dirtier Deepak, Mistry is blankly sweet, suitable for his role as Subcontinental Rorschach.
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58Terrific musical numbers and interesting premise.
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50Graham, back in the porn territory she aced in “Boogie Nights,” steals the show. In the winter doldrums, you don't kick at a movie that puts a smile on your face.
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50It's a film pregnant with comic possibility that ought to be much funnier than it is.
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Silly and soulful.
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50It may have the melody, visage and basics of a Bollywood biggie, but truth be told, The Guru, despite it’s zest and lure, gives the far-off genus a bad wrap.
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50Offers precious little inspiration, and the only irony it manages is surely unintended.
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A spirited rally in the final reel can't quite overcome the damage.
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50As a romantic comedy this is a cut above the norm, satirical in its treatment of both spiritually bereft New Yorkers and materialistic Indian immigrants.
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40The jabs at the expense of self-centered New Yorkers with more money than sense are so mild they're pointless -- if satire doesn't hurt, what's the point?
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40There’s not a whole lot of heft to von Scherler Mayer’s romantic comedy with ethnic Indian entanglements; it’s like overdone naan, too flaky and ephemeral for its own good, but still somehow appetizing.
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40It's refreshing to see an American movie with an Indian protagonist not played by a white actor in makeup, but it would be a lot more refreshing if that actor (Jimi Mistry) were given a character to play, not just a comic conceit and near-toxic levels of enthusiasm.
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40A generally entertaining but rather old-fashioned romantic comedy.
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40A film that tries constantly to amuse, but succeeds only fitfully.
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40It may have the melody, visage and basics of a Bollywood biggie, but truth be told, The Guru, despite it’s zest and lure, gives the far-off genus a bad wrap. [3 February 2003, p.98]
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38Swami 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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There are enough good scenes within the 94 minutes of The Guru to make an entertaining coming-attractions trailer.
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30A grindingly conventional comedy that insists on tying up its subplots in pretty ribbons and bows.
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25The kind of comedy that aims at "edginess" and "sassiness" without managing to be edgy or sassy for a second.
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25Devoid of life, intelligence, humor, and anything else that could entertain even the most undemanding viewer, this film is a perfect example of something that should have been shipped to landfills, not multiplexes.
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25Here is a truly unfunny comedy from Universal Studios, which seems determined to prove that Hollywood can be opportunistic and clueless at the same time.