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07/07/07
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Pink Panther (2006)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:6
Rotten:24
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
Top CriticWhat is the point?
02/16/06
Top CriticThe most that can be said for this strenuously bland reconstitution is that Steve Martin was clearly alive during filming. But just how alive, unfortunately, is at issue.
02/14/06
Top CriticFor those who recall Sellers and the role he made famous, 'travesty' seems to be the right descriptor.
02/11/06
Top CriticAs if the curse of the Pink Panther wasn't dire enough, Martin's Clouseau is haunted by more than the ghost of Peter Sellers. He's also being trailed by the old Steve Martin.
02/10/06
Top CriticIf The Pink Panther has any value at all, it's in the way its failure demonstrates the delicate nature of comedy, and the skill of other comedies by contrast.
02/10/06
Top CriticThe film has its stumbling points, but it offers a sufficient amount of laughter.
02/10/06
Top CriticYou could wander into The Pink Panther for any 15-minute period, laugh a couple of times and leave without wondering for a moment how things will turn out.
02/10/06
Top CriticUnder his coat, the Panther must be pink with embarrassment.
02/10/06
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 trouble is the movie has little to offer except Martin's set pieces, which feel off-the-cuff, and, even in the roughly one-in-four times they work, far too drawn out.
02/10/06
Top CriticThe Pink Panther is like a pratfall that doesn't work. It should be funny, but it hurts more than it should.
02/10/06
Top CriticThe Pink Panther, while hardly the disaster it might have been, renders the love as labored as the pronunciation.
02/10/06
Top CriticYou can see that Martin knows what he's doing. He's still got plenty of comic game. Now all he needs is a more consistently funny comedy in which he can really let loose.
02/10/06
Top CriticIt'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 CriticWell, at least Steve Martin's trying to be funny again.
02/10/06
Top CriticEven if you give Sellers the edge in facial expressions, Martin is his equal in mangled verbiage.
02/09/06
Top CriticMartin's Clouseau is as clumsy and hapless as his predecessor and probably more innocent.
02/09/06
Top CriticThe Pink Panther does justice to the old Blake Edwards/Peter Sellers crime comedies -- it's almost as good as the best of those films, far better than the worst -- but doesn't depend on viewers being familiar with them.
02/09/06
Top CriticThe most effective way of reviewing the new Pink Panther movie would be to issue two reviews. One would be a simply worded warning to adults: Skip it if you can.
02/09/06
Top CriticLatest News for Pink Panther
August 09, 2007:
Pink Panther 2 Adds Four to Cast
Offering another example of how sequel-friendly the studios have become (or proof that there is no God -- take your pick), development on The Pink Panther 2 continues apace:... More...
June 11, 2007:
"Pink Panther" is Coming Back With a New Director
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February 22, 2007:
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Following a busy holiday weekend when five new releases opened nationwide, the crowded marketplace will now face another four new films invading multiplexes everywhere. More...
February 15, 2007:
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Five new films, each targeting its own audience, cram into North American multiplexes giving moviegoers plenty of entertainment options over the four-day Presidents' Day holiday... More...
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