Directed by:
Blake EdwardsCinematography:
Harry WaxmanComposer:
Henry ManciniCast:
Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk, Colin Blakely, Dudley Sutton, Jerry Stovin, Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Jackie Cooper, Deep Roy (more)VOD (4)
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Inspector Clouseau's on the trail of his ex-boss, out to destroy the world. (official distributor synopsis)
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There are not many film series where the best installment is the one where the creators push the gags to the absurd and let their imaginations reach unprecedented heights. Clouseau, Kato, and Dreyfus are at their best – the scenes with Quasimodo, conquering the castle, and laughing gas belong in the golden treasury of comedy.
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The imaginary crown of all Pink Panthers, which will probably never find a worthy heir. The gags are never-ending, and although there are some that fade significantly on a second viewing, they are fully compensated by a number of moments whose genius will never fade – the opening confrontation with Kato, in particular, is one of my favourite comedy scenes ever. From a more serious point of view, it's terrible bullshit, but that's just part of Clouseau... 85%
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Unbelievable. The introduction of the film represents perhaps the most concentrated situational dementia imaginable, the undiluted clown debility and the mischief of the general fools. It is all so sweetly predictable and all so utterly devastating that I (again) wallowed in laughter and admired the overview through which Sellers maintains escalation even in the most stupid escapades (in the introductory sequence in the insane asylum, for example). After a famous parody of British detective stories, the ebullience of The Pink Panther Strikes Again weakens a bit to lukewarm values, the weak-minded story is just there as filler, and God knows, even the Munich October Fest was not successful. However, the castle ending fixes everything with the return of real fire from the declining humor. In terms of sketches, probably one of the most culminating crime comedies, moreover decorated by the celestial comedy of Master Sellers.
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I can't help but find this episode in the series not that funny for some reason. It is still good, but the previous ones were better. On the other hand, there are scenes that one cannot normally invent. They really must have had the knack for it, and Blake Edwards along with Frank Waldman had it. And of course, without Sellers, it would never have worked.
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I saw the Pink Panther when I was a child, then when I was a teenager and then I watched it for the third time as an adult. It’s not a bad idea to watch these situational comedy films that draw on the best era of silent slapstick comedies. It’s still as much fun and I believe that it won’t change even once I’ll have reached retirement.
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