Martin's innate verbal panache is the only asset that shows any reliability here. [Blu-ray]
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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
Clouseau, that erstwhile tireless twit, seems exhausted.
02/10/06
...a symptom of Clouseauian hubris.
02/10/06
It doesn't quite work, particularly for those viewers who remember Sellers, in the same way no one but Sean Connery can ever 'really' be James Bond.
02/10/06
A movie clearly made for (and probably by) people of the retarded persuasion. If you enjoy it, odds are you're missing a chromosome. Or have an extra one, or something.
02/10/06
Hollywood mistakenly believes we, as adults, want to see cultural memories of our childhood revisited, but in reality, all it does is make us yearn for the original.
02/10/06
An endless procession of forced shtick and cartoon-style anarchy that's been watered down into bland, tasteless froth.
02/10/06
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
Martin, at least, gives it a Herculean effort.
02/09/06
Martin, as we all know, has fine comic gifts, but he's doing a conscientious impersonation here.
02/09/06
Look what the cat dragged in...
02/09/06
Of course, the momentum of Martin's silliness can only take the production halfway, and the script just isn't up to snuff in this latest stab at killing the Peter Sellers legacy.
02/09/06
I think I have laughed more at funerals, which is somewhat appropriate for this movie. The Pink Panther is a funeral for Steve Martin's dignity and soul.
02/09/06
If you think there's no possible way that anyone can actually stretch a leaky-fountain- pen-makes- shirt-messy joke for that long, well, dear reader, you are absolutely correct.
02/09/06
As in his early stand-up routines, we can feel superior to Steve Martin's immature, likable character while adoring him at the same time.
02/09/06
Instead of the perfectly calibrated Sellers-Edwards routines we get hit-and-(mostly)-miss slapstick from Martin and Levy and jokes about flatulence and Viagra.
02/09/06
never so bad that it’s embarrassing but if you didn’t have any intention on seeing it beforehand, there’s no mystery here worth unraveling
02/09/06
Steve Martin should have his SAG card revoked for even considering an attempt at filling Sellers' shoes
02/09/06
This is less like Peter Sellers and Blake Edwards and more like "Ernest Goes to Paris."
02/09/06
Steve Martin steps into the Inspector Clouseau role and nails it with his most inventive and funny performance in years.
02/09/06
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