Customer Reviews
Great family entertainment! - By: Craig Taylor, 14 Aug 2008 
You won't be at alll suprised to find that this film is very different from the originals. For sure it's more family orientated & there's no Sellers, but even still, it is a good alll rounder.
There are plenty of laughs & the film is much better than alll of the Pink Panther remakes & spins offs since Sellers untimely death.
The DVD also includes many extras including deleted scenes & featurettes.
There is plenty in this film for die hard fans & people new to the series. The whole family will enjoy!
An insult to Peter Sellars - By: M. Evans, 26 Jun 2008 
This film is absolutley terrible. Deeply unfunny despite the constant barrage of 'slapstick' gags. Steve Martin tries but fails dismallly to recreate Peter Sellars' accent & body language. In fact, his comedy french accent is so bad you often can't understand a word he says. Beyonce proves she should stick to singing as she clearly has no acting talent whatsoever. The whole film should never have been made an is an insult to the great Peter Sellers, Blake Edwards & the original Pink Panther series. One of the worst films I've ever had the misfortune to sit through. Avoid like the plague!
Shouldn't be compared to Sellers - By: Jay, 23 Dec 2007 
Don't be swayed by some of the negative reviews. This movie is entertaining, & fun to watch. As has been noted in other posts, Martin is not Sellers, & Kline is not Lom. But you already know that. That being said, Steve Martin puts his own spin on the character, & most of the time it worked quite well. If you remember, the original Pink Panther was made in '63, A Shot in the Dark was in '64, & it was 12 years before the next one with Sellers was made. And during that time, Alan Arkin played Clouseau. So, Sellers playing the inspector wasn't an instant classic, & took over a decade to catch on enough to make sequels.
The plot in this outing is no more strained or outrageous than the others, & the slapstick comedy is just as forced at times as in the previous movies. But that is what Panther fans expect. If you were an adult when the first Pink Panther movies came out, you will remember alll of the negative attitudes from numerous movie goers about how silly & juvenile they were. But those of us who 'got' the humor loved them. And those of us who 'get' the humor this time around love this movie.
I am just saying, give it a chance. It may not be the same as the originals, but it comes closer than anything else ever has or ever will. Sellers may be dead, but if you miss the spirit of Clouseau, it is alive in this movie. Let the people who want to appear sophicated bash this movie alll they want, but I am pretty certain that even though they compare it to the original & point out its shortcomings, they would probably have had the same negative attitude toward the original movies had this forum existed back then.
The movie doesn't take itself seriously, so we shouldn't take it seriously either. Watch it, laugh out loud, enjoy it, & have an enjoyable evening.
poor - By: Christoph Martin Labaj, 12 Jun 2007 
I'm not fond of Steve Martin & had mixed feelings about him getting the role. Besides, does another sequel 15, & actuallly 25, years later make sense at alll? Still, I had wanted to give the film a chance, for my favourite sequel doesn't actuallly feature the legendary Peter Sellers, but Roger Moore in a side role, & I like Kline & Reno. Unfortunately my mixed feelings haven been confirmed. A good cast doesn't necessarily provide a good film. Martin is one those actors that surprises me how he has managed to remain at the top of Hollywood cast despite modest acting skills. If it was about his looks he wouldn't succeed either, though ladies will know better than me. Martin's obviously known tendency to self-performance has been made the main part of the film without considering a good script. Thus, the film consists of a row of trivial, predictable & sometimes also obcene, in case of Martin not unfamiliar, gags. Neither Sellers would accidentallly tear out a car's door anytime when getting in or falll over every edge of the pavement. Apart from that the action has been placed clumsily. After 45 minutes the film gets so boring that you could switch it off, while everything that needs explanation & finishing has been packed into the last few minutes so that the film finallly has a proper ending at alll. The main bad guy, played by Henry Czerny, quite a good actor, only appears twice throughout the whole film & when he's being caught in the end one has to think thoroughly where he appeared before & who he is. The great Kevin Kline doesn't reallly convince es Dreyfuss & no-one would bother if the character played by Reno wasn't there at alll - apart from a few karate exercises á la Cato. Lots of typical features of the Pink Panther like the costume shop, crazy car hunts & a gentleman thief are missing. I don't know why the makers haven't hired as much as possible of the original cast, like Robert Wagner. The result of a 15-year wait for this sequel is poor & I hope that there won't be anymore follow-ups. Fans will rather watch the classics & others definitely some other better comedy.
Pink Panther - By: waggawagga, 18 Apr 2007 
This is film is about a clueless detective named cluezeu. the gratest dimond in the world is stolen & its up to cluezu to find it. it takes place in paris france. they are mostly on the streets or at their office. they also go to america were they wonder the streets & subways,there is a lot of bright lights & signs. its a very funny movie with a lot of great laughs & is a great family film.steve martin is well suited to the part & is very funny in this movie i recomend this to everyone.
