Martin deserves another case as Inspector Clouseau -- and we deserve a better movie.
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02/09/06
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Pink Panther (2006)
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Reviews Counted:138
Fresh:32
Rotten:106
Average Rating:4.2/10
Consensus: Though Steve Martin is game, the particulars of the Inspector Clouseau character elude him in this middling update.
Theatrical Release:Feb 10, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $82,226,474
Synopsis: Reviving the beloved comedy franchise THE PINK PANTHER, the brilliant Steve Martin returns to his slapstick physical-comedy roots. After years of flirting with the world of high culture--from his... [More]
Starring: Steve Martin, Beyonce Knowles, Jean Reno, Kevin Kline
Director: Shawn Levy
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Reviews for Pink Panther
While the flat site gags never quite disappear, they're offset by an equal number of bits that'll keep you in stitches. It's good (mostly clean) light fun.
02/11/06
Steve Martin steps into the Inspector Clouseau role and nails it with his most inventive and funny performance in years.
02/09/06
While Martin leaps wholeheartedly into this role, his slavish imitation of Sellers' work is a bit thin.
02/12/06
Martin and Levy fail to convince us of Clouseau's belief in his own reality. We find ourselves watching Martin riffing on Sellers rather than a legitimate if ridiculous character.
02/10/06
For those who recall Sellers and the role he made famous, 'travesty' seems to be the right descriptor.
02/11/06
Top Criticit doesn't stink. Au contraire: It's good. Maybe not a masterwork, but good enough to redeem the series and its intrepid, mustachioed twit.
02/10/06
Top CriticThe Pink Painther is more like it.
02/10/06
It's not quite on the high comedic plane of 'Do you have a license for that moon-key?' But AM-bourg-airs will do. Just ask the kids.
02/10/06
Top CriticIt is almost impossible to overstate how much we hated this movie.
02/10/06
Perhaps it's time to admit that The Pink Panther series is ready for permanent retirement.
09/27/06
An uncomfortable attempt to tap into the essence of the classic Panther films while updating it for modern audiences who might not know Inspector Clouseau from Inspector Javert.
02/22/06
Here's all you need to know: Clouseau now surfs the Internet under the e-mail handle “Doctor Knockers,” and has to take Viagra before getting comfy in the sack.
02/09/06
Well, at least Steve Martin's trying to be funny again.
02/10/06
Top CriticPeter Sellers was Inspector Clouseau. Steve Martin is merely playing Clouseau. Big difference.
02/10/06
Martin's innate verbal panache is the only asset that shows any reliability here. [Blu-ray]
02/10/06
Steve Martin was able to do what no one had done so far - follow in the footsteps of Peter Sellers.
02/24/06
a mixed bag, but while the jokes misfire as often as they hit their target . . .when it works, it is very, very funny.
02/07/06
Rest assured, the decision to remake this film had nothing to do with art, creativity, comedic zen, or some form of tribute to Sellers or Blake Edwards.
03/14/06
Martin, as we all know, has fine comic gifts, but he's doing a conscientious impersonation here.
02/09/06
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