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2006 Certificate PG
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Steve Martin reinvents the character of Inspector Clouseau, the hapless, bungling detective with the overwrought French accent and metaphorically huge head. With his black beret and Pepe LaPew moustache, the policeman is called on to solve a high-profile crime, making a series of hilariously clumsy missteps along the way. The .. Read more

Starring Steve Martin, Beyonce Knowles, Jean Reno, Kevin Kline
Director Shawn Levy
Genres Comedy

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The Pink Panther

Steve Martin reinvents the character of Inspector Clouseau, the hapless, bungling detective with the overwrought French accent and metaphorically huge head. With his black beret and Pepe LaPew moustache, the policeman is called on to solve a high-profile crime, making a series of hilariously clumsy missteps along the way. The story centres on a familiar murder-heist narrative. A famous soccer coach meets an untimely death by homicide, leaving behind Xania, his beautiful and famous fiancee (pop star Beyonce Knowles), who is devastated. Not only has Xania lost her intended, but she also finds that her engagement ring the fabled pink panther diamond is missing. Inspector Closeau's boss, Inspector Dreyfus (a topnotch Kevin Kline), decides to give the case to his incompetent inferior, scheming to take over the case at just the right moment in order to win the coveted Medal of Honour. With his reverent sidekick Ponton (Jean Reno) and adoring secretary Nicole (Emily Mortimer), Clouseau tackles the case as only he can, destroying evidence, fumbling names and pronunciations, insulting victims, and all the while attempting to charm the gorgeous Xania in his inimitably uproarious style.

Starring Steve Martin, Beyonce Knowles, Jean Reno, Kevin Kline, Kristin Chenoweth, David Beckham, Emily Mortimer
Director Shawn Levy
Studio MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 33 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 33 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Released DVD: 17 Jul 2006
Blu-ray: 02 Feb 2009
Production year: 2006
Format DVD

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  • Quite why anyone would follow Peter Sellers' cultish Clouseau is a mystery, although if anyone was going to try, it was... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 17 out of 23 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Why, o why, o why?

    Im a big Steve Martin fan and although I wasn't really looking forward to seeing him, Id thought he could possibly be ok. How wrong I was, this film is atrochious, Martin's Clouseau is more like Mr Magoo than the self-clumsy greatness Sellers' was. There is no consistantcy with clouseau's characteristics. All the accents and dodgy speach changes throughout (Kevin Kline's French accent totally vanishes after 10 mins)

    Avoid this like the plague. The only enjoyment I had from this movie was it made me immediatly watch my pink panther dvd boxset.

      • alan pigott from Nottingham
      • Posted 23 Feb 2006 16:00

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Pink panther

    Personally i felt that it did nothing for the film world. Peter Sellers would turn in his grave.

      • A customer from Farnborough, England
      • Posted 31 Jul 2006 15:19

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    What is it about Inspector Clouseau that we just can’t let him go? Most iconic comic characters are really extensions of the clowns who played them – in the slapstick era it was always just another Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin or Harold Lloyd picture, regardless of the story. In modern times there aren’t many funny men who inspire that kind of loyalty. We’ll stay tuned to TV sit-coms for years, but on the big screen it’s rare to find a comedy role strong enough... Read more

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