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Pink Panther, The
EMAILPRINTColumbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Releasing
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 35 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Adventure | Comedy | Crime
Written by:
Len Blum (also story)
Steve Martin
Michael Saltzman (story)
Maurice Richlin & Blake Edwards (characters)
Directed by: Shawn Levy
Release Date:
Theatrical: February 10, 2006
DVD: June 13, 2006
Running Time: 93 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG for occasional crude and suggestive humor and language
Starring Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Beyoncé Knowles, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Henry Czerny, Kristin Chenoweth, and Roger Rees
In this action-packed comedy, the bumbling Inspector Closeau (Martin) takes on his most important case ever. (Sony)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer
The staging of the physical comedy in The Pink Panther is not always adept - director Shawn Levy is no Blake Edwards - but Martin, who co-wrote the screenplay, keeps spinning in his own orbit anyway. And what an orbit it is.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
Transforming Clouseau's perennial nemesis into a more urbane smoothie, Kevin Kline delivers like a pro.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
Martin, who hasn't really clicked in a movie in years, hits the target this time with an Inspector Clouseau who is even more relentlessly annoying (and strangely endearing) than Sellers managed to be in his last several outings.
Read Full Review >Premiere John Migliore
This one will make you laugh early and often, and send you out of the theater in a cheerful mood.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Carina Chocano
The best thing about the replica is how wholeheartedly Martin throws himself into the physical comedy, which is uniformly hilarious.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
This Pink Panther really doesn't have to achieve the heights of the original; it just has to be funny on its own terms. But it pales there too. Kline, a master of comic hypocrisy, deserves more screen time, Emily Mortimer is wasted as Clouseau's adoring assistant Nicole and Knowles is over indulged as Xania.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
This slapdash farce, arriving three decades after Sellers last inhabited the role, sustains a baseline of good will that often spikes into delight at Mr. Martin's beguiling nonsense.
The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Martin makes a fine Clouseau, re-energizing musty old physical gags involving chandeliers and priceless vases, and rolling his tongue around a zesty form of pidgin French. If he ever finds his Blake Edwards, there may be hope for this franchise yet.
Read Full Review >Variety Brian Lowry
Neither the disaster one might have suspected nor a fully realized madcap farce; rather, Steve Martin's foray as Inspector Clouseau exhibits bursts of wild-and-craziness, but hardly enough to sustain even its relatively brief running time.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Martin's gift for physical and vocal comedy is as deft as ever.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Bill Gallo
An occasionally amusing but wrongheaded remake that arrives more than four decades after the original blazed across the screen.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow
Even the cartoon Pink Panther in the credits seems off - at once too glitzy and too fey, more Peter Allen than Pink Panther.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
Suffice to say that Shawn Levy, director of the "Cheaper by the Dozen" movies, is no Blake Edwards; for every finely tuned slapstick fillip, there's a ton of messy, family-friendly buffoonery.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
The best sequence is a five-minute set-piece where Clouseau struggles with an accent coach to learn how to order a hamburger like an American.
Read Full Review >Empire Dan Jolin
With a better story, director and support cast, Martin could have made Clouseau his own. Still, it's not as bad as the one with Roberto Benigni.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Christopher Orr
With the exception of one scene with an accent coach, his (Martin) Clouseau is flabby and obvious, like your dad doing an impression at the dinner table.
Read Full Review >New York Magazine David Edelstein
Steve Martin can be a delightfully spasmodic clown, but his Clouseau makes no sense.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Ben Kenigsberg
The lack of energy suggests the film might as well have been constructed from outtakes.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
Even with the inspired choice of Steve Martin in the Clouseau role, this "Panther" picture is more bumbling and fumbling than the blissfully oblivious, accident-prone Inspector.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
Mr. Levy's cold, streamlined direction gives the movie the feel of a mechanical contraption manipulated by remote control with a nervous finger on the fast-forward button. Many of the jokes barely have time to register before we're on to the next stunt.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Martin, who plays Clouseau and wrote the script with Len Blum, has completely mishandled the character.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Sacre bleu! Bumbling French police inspector Jacques Clouseau is back, and he's never been less funny.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
At every moment in the movie, I was aware that Peter Sellers was Clouseau, and Steve Martin was not. I hadn't realized how thoroughly Sellers and Edwards had colonized my memory.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
The mirthlessly sadistic gags tend to target people in wheelchairs or hospital beds and betray a mild if all-encompassing disgust for the source material and the audience.
Read Full Review >Slate Dana Stevens
This movie leaves us with the stale whiff of fake nostalgia and something even more odoriferous: the smell of money.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Ann Hornaday
Most of the humor in The Pink Panther derives from Martin's silly French accent, especially when he tries to pronounce the word "hamburger." But zat joke, she ees not funny. And The Pink Panther ees, how you say, ze real dog.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
After a while, hearing Martin say ''Zee area eez zecure!'' doesn't cut it any longer, and that's pretty much all The Pink Panther has to offer.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
The Pink Panther is supposed to use humor to uplift. Instead, I departed this movie feeling depressed.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Alas, this joyless affair doesn't have a clou.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
This, the 10th and worst-written entry in the series, would have been better if it had followed Dreyfuss instead of Clouseau, or if Kline had been cast as Clouseau instead of Martin.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar
Sellers' comic mastery is completely fumbled by Martin and director Shawn Levy.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Steve Davis
Ultimately, one has to chalk up The Pink Panther to the good old traditions of Hollywood greed and chutzpah. Nothing this slapdash and badly executed is done for the love of movies.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 6.4 (out of 10) based on 59 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
fira f gave it a2:
Absolutely awful If Steve Martin thinks his movie is any good then should play a different character in a different story other than Inspector Clouseau and the Pink Panther movies with Peter Sellers. I say this because those not familiar with his predecessor think this movie might be good, they ought to watch this as a standalone movie about a different character unrelated to the PINK PANTHER movies !!! what a shame for Peter Sellers a lost opportunity to follow on from his films.
Katelyn B gave it a10:
This was an entertaining movie and deserves a 100 I think steve Martin did a captivating job, playing Clouseau.This a movie people will remember for ages!
Dan C. gave it a10:
The Pink Panther once was a TV Show, hilarious series of films, and classics too. And now Steve Martin, who probably is the only perfect Inspector Closeau you can possibly find nowadays. Steve Martin, also screenwriter of this motion capture brings us a silly rally of fun, quirky humor, set of events, and attitudes. Coleau couldn't be any stupider than this but I never knew he could actually solve a case. Some might say it is disappointing how he solves the case, but I think it just brightens up script. The case, which is easy enough for a 5 year-old to uncover, is simply magnifying, intelligent, and smart, and its reliance of quirky fashions to juice things up. It retains to its style, and its characters. The plot is short, and has cheesy moments, but it succeeds. At Steve Martin's finest work, Shawn Levy (also a film critic) directs like nothing he has ever done before. It may be something you probably only enjoy once watching, but literally, it ain't crap. It s actually a lot of fun.
Matt W. gave it a1:
Utter disappointment. The only way to be a successful Clouseau is to imitate Peter Sellers. Mike Meyers would have been ideal as Clouseau--besides, he's a great fan of the original series; Jason Alexander would have made a good Dreyfus (Herbert Lom, in the original movies, didn't need a strong French accent--it's the temper that made Dreyfus who he was); Jackie Chan could have portrayed Cato (who was just as inept as Clouseau--is supposed to attack Clouseau, not the other way around). Moreover, we don't need to resort to jokes with innuendos and flatulence to make Clouseau funny.
Jared B. gave it a9:
Oh, give me a break! This movie was not that bad. It had a lot of really, really funny gags. Granted, some relied on gross-out humor. However, if I were to select someone to fill the great Peter Sellers' shoes, Steve Martin is exactly the guy I'd pick. My only real complaint is that they didn't give Kristen Chenoweth's character enough screen time. Otherwise, a fall-down funny film.
Shaun S. gave it a0:
What an insult to the master Peter Sellers. He must be turning in his grave, absolute drival.
Paulo S. gave it a0:
ONE OF THE WORST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN! Not even close to the original. Steve did a bad job. Kevin Kline would have been a much better choice to play Closeau.
