Audiences make the 'Smart' choice
Published 6/22/2008 at Variety.com
Front Page: 'Love Guru' lacks box office karma -- Mike Myers topliner "The Love Guru" didn't have huge karma after all, while Warner Bros.' "Get Smart" had enough brains to easily win the weekend at the domestic box office.
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Mike Myers’ ‘Love Guru’ Bombs at Box Office
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Mike Myers latest film 'The Love Guru' is a major bomb at the box office according to numbers out from Friday's debut that put it as the fourth most watched movie of the day.Smart Comedy Wins the Weekend!
"SuperHeroHype.com - 30 most recent stories" found this 6/23/2008 on comingsoon.net
The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. There's been a lot of interest and attention paid to this weekend since it was looking very much like a Battle of the Comedy Stars with high-profile comic ...Audiences make the 'Smart' choice
BuzzSugar -- Entertainment hourly. found this 6/23/2008 on www.variety.com
Front Page: 'Love Guru' lacks box office karma -- Mike Myers topliner "The Love Guru" didn't have huge karma after all, while Warner Bros.' "Get Smart" had enough brains to easily win the weekend at the domestic box office.Weekend Box Office Estimates: “The Love Guru” Not Looking So “Smart”
Hollywoodtuna found this 6/23/2008 on tunaflix.com
“Please don’t go, I can be funny again, I promise!” Call it karma if you want, but this is what The Love Guru gets for not moving its release date away from the clearly-superior Get Smart : a big black eye of a fourth-place ...15% The Love Guru
FirstShowing.net found this 6/22/2008 on www.rottentomatoes.com
The Love Guru features far too many gross-out gags, and too few earned laughs, ranking as one of Mike Myers' poorest outings.
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