The Pink Panther 2

Hollywood funnyman Steve Martin returns to the role made famous by Peter Sellers in this high-concept sequel to the 2006 comedy hit The Pink Panther. The world's most valuable treasures are being stolen. The legendary Pink Panther Diamond is the latest to disappear, and Chief Inspector Dreyfus (John ...more

Steve Martin's debut foray as Inspector Clouseau in 2006's The Pink Panther was not, how you say, zee encore-demanding tour de force. In fact, the movie mostly was trés awful―and not just to outraged Peter Sellers-worshipping fans of the original series. The sitcom-level humor was on a par with Martin's similarly unfunny family flick Cheaper by the Dozen, which was helmed by the same director (Shawn Levy). Also, it was hard not to think that Jean Reno, who played Clouseau's partner Ponton, ...more

Inspector Jacques Clouseau returns for his 11th big-screen outing, and the results are, quite surprisingly, fairly charming for a series that was made popular by the late, great Peter Sellers all the way back in 1963 and has been somewhat uneven despite its few undeniable classics. That's not to say that Steve Martin doesn't make the bumbling detective his own -- just that, like George Lazenby playing James Bond, it's often difficult to warm to second best, even when you're talking about ...more