Curse of the Pink Panther

Name: Curse of the Pink Panther
Genre: Mystery, Comedy, Crime
Released: August 12, 1983
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 31
Cast: Burt Kwouk, Capucine, David Niven, Harvey Korman, Herbert Lom

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MGM/UA Entertainment Company | Release Date: August 12, 1983 | PG

Starring: Burt Kwouk, Capucine, David Niven, Harvey Korman, Herbert Lom, Joanna Lumley, Robert Loggia, Robert Wagner, Roger Moore, Ted Wass

Summary: Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Surete's computer to select, instead, the world's WORST detective, NYPD Sergeant Clifton Sleigh. Sleigh obtusely bungles his way past assassins and corrupt officials as though he were Clouseau'sInspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Surete's computer to select, instead, the world's WORST detective, NYPD Sergeant Clifton Sleigh. Sleigh obtusely bungles his way past assassins and corrupt officials as though he were Clouseau's American cousin.… Expand

Director: Blake Edwards

Genre(s): Mystery, Comedy, Crime

Rating: PG

Runtime: 109 min

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Janet Maslin

Not unfunny, and not really an offense to the memory of Inspector Clouseau, it's merely a movie with very little reason to exist. Read full review

Bill Cosford

This is mildly amusing, and the scenes with Niven -- his last, and reportedly dubbed by impressionist Rich Little when Niven's illness had taken the strength from his voice -- are poignant. But there is no restoring the force that made the earlier Panthers work. [12 Aug 1983, p.C5]

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Curse of the Pink Panther resembles a set of gems mounted in a tarnished setting. Abetted by screen newcomer Ted Wass’ flair for physical comedy, filmmaker Blake Edwards has created genuinely funny sight gags but the film’s rickety, old-hat story values waste them. Read full review

Gary Arnold

Edwards persists in the missing-person subterfuge in Curse while avoiding the blatant outrage of recycling old footage under false pretenses. He's shot new footage this time, but that technicality hasn't prevented it from feeling depleted and secondhand. [17 Aug 1983, p.B6]

Rick Groen

All that's missing are the laughs. In their place, we get wall-to-wall predictability. [13 Aug 1983]

Steve Head

Maybe if it looked like Edwards cared about the movie it might have been something more. Even so, without Clouseau, what The Curse of the Pink Panther brings us is staged prop humor, and a number of indignities courtesy of the make-up and wardrobe departments. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

An aesthetically contemptible, crassly commercial work. Read full review

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Jun 5, 2022

A complete disaster.

It seems that Blake Edwards and the production team of the Pink Panther franchise didn't know when to stop and focus efforts on new projects. If the previous film was almost an insult to the memory of Peter Sellers, but still works as a tribute, this film has no reasonA complete disaster.

It seems that Blake Edwards and the production team of the Pink Panther franchise didn't know when to stop and focus efforts on new projects. If the previous film was almost an insult to the memory of Peter Sellers, but still works as a tribute, this film has no reason to exist beyond the financial interest of those involved.

The plot, poor and poorly written, shows Sureté's attempts to find a new chief inspector capable of replacing Clouseau, whose plane has disappeared. It turns out that the story doesn't bring anything special or interesting, and it just doesn't work, a factor that was very important for the failure of this film with the critics and the box office.

Herbert Lom is back and continues to look good and committed to his role. The same can be said of Capucine and David Niven, an actor who would pass away months later. Robert Wagner does what he can and Roger Moore shines, but the rest of the cast is limited to going after the main actors without much merit. With a poor but functional cinematography, a satisfying soundtrack and a good sequence of credits, the film manages itself at the cost of the tasks that lie ahead.… Expand

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