ALSO OPENING

THE LOVE GURU

Raised by gurus, American-born Pitka (Mike Myers) returns to the U.S. to break into the self-help business as the title swami. His first challenge: a lovelorn hockey star whose wife has left him for a rival. Justin Timberlake and Jessica Alba co-star; Ben Kingsley, Stephen Colbert, Jessica Simpson and Verne Troyer (alias Myers' "Austin Powers" Mini-Me), also turn up in the cast. At multiple locations. (88 minutes.) PG-13; crude and sexual content throughout, profanity, comic violence, drug references.

THE PROMOTION

Two very different Chicago supermarket employees (John C. Reilly, Seann William Scott), assistant managers at the same grocery chain, stage a ruthless competition to determine who's going to manage the company's newest store. Jenna Fischer and Lili Taylor co-star for "Pursuit of Happyness" screenwriter Steve Conrad, who writes and directs. At Suncoast. (85 minutes.) R; profanity, sexual references, drug use.

-- By CAROL CLING