A Shot in the Dark Reviews
This isn't quite up to the original, but it has its moments.
Time Out
Top CriticFirst of the Pink Panther sequels, establishing Sellers' incompetent Inspector Clouseau as a viable series character, and prompting Blake Edwards into an unchallenging downhill coast for far too long.
CinePassion
Despite the continental suavity, this is a most brutal work, the end of an era as comic classicism is skewered by the jaundiced humor of the new decade
Lessons of Darkness
Perhaps the series' most effervescent entry.
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| Original Score: B+
Common Sense Media
Funny Pink Panther sequel. Older tweens+.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Sometimes the narrative is subordinated to individual bits of business and running gags but Sellers' skill as a comedian again is demonstrated.
Filmcritic.com
Sellers is on full tilt in this one.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Movie Metropolis
...generally considered one of the best, if not the best, in the series.
| Original Score: 8/10
Moviola
'La genialidad de Sellers es, por mucho, más divertida que cualquier propuesta actual.'
| Original Score: 3/4
Classic Film and Television
A great comedy, brilliantly directed by Blake Edwards.
Lawrence Journal-World
The funniest in the Pink Panther series
| Original Score: 5/5
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
All in all, it's the jewel in the Pink Panther series.
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| Original Score: 4/5
New Times
Possibly the best of the Pink Panther movies, even though it isn't technically labeled as such.
| Original Score: 4/5
