The Pink Panther Movie Review
The coach of the French national soccer team is murdered in the moment of his team’s greatest triumph, and his prized possession, the famed Pink Panther diamond ring, stolen from his hand. It will require crack police work to solve this crime, since many people had a motive to kill the coach. So naturally Chief Inspector Dreyfus will appoint his crack police investigators to the case, no? Well, no. In order to make himself look better, Dreyfus sends for the most clueless, most bumbling police officer in all of France: Jacques Clouseau. Clouseau and his assigned assistant, Ponton, start tracking down clues—in between various pratfalls and false leads, that is. Finally, Clouseau determines that the murderer will try to strike again at a charity ball at the Presidential Palace. Will Clouseau get there in time? Will Dreyfus try to steal the glory? And in the meantime, how many people will be injured by Clouseau’s bumbling? You can read the review here.
The first in the series — and strangely enough – the least amusing.”
– Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER“I found it overrated.”
– Dennis Schwartz, OZUS’ WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
RATED PG
DISTRIBUTED BY
MGM/Columbia
DIRECTED BY
Shawn Levy (Cheaper by the Dozen, Just Married, Big Fat Liar)
STARRING
Steve Martin as Inspector Jacques Clouseau; Kevin Kline as Chief Inspector Dreyfus; Jean Reno as Gendarme Gilbert Ponton; Beyoncé Knowles as Xania; Emily Mortimer as Nicole[tags]The Pink Panther, Beyoncé Knowles, Steve Martin, Shawn Levy[/tags]