The Pink Panther

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The Pink Panther

PG

Released Feb 10, 2006

1h 33m

Comedy

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When the coach of a French soccer team is killed, his ring featuring the legendary Pink Panther diamond goes missing. Luckily, Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Kevin Kline) has a plan: assign his most intelligent, most driven officers to track down the thieves in secret, while publicly assigning the bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Steve Martin) as head of the case. Clouseau seems hopeless, until his various mistakes and misjudgments miraculously put him on the real killer's trail.

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Critics Consensus

Though Steve Martin is game, the particulars of the Inspector Clouseau character elude him in this middling update.

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Anna Smith

Time Out

The plot, needless to say, is negligible.

Jun 24, 2006

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Matthew Leyland

BBC.com

As for Martin, no matter how many he times he stumbles, fumbles, burns his balls or mispronounces the word hamburger, he never gets close to making the Clouseau persona his own.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 14, 2006

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Steve Davis

Austin Chronicle

One has to chalk up The Pink Panther to the good old traditions of Hollywood greed and chutzpah. Nothing this slapdash and badly executed is done for the love of movies.

Rated: 0/5

Mar 4, 2006

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Lethargic, limp and lacklustre.

Rated: 1.5/5

May 3, 2023

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

For every mildly entertaining gag that sticks, there's a painfully unhumorous one to match.

Rated: 3/10

Nov 21, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Kevin Kline may get his sorely needed modest hit, but this is yet another in a string of tired, repetitive performances.

Rated: 1.5/4.0

Sep 20, 2020

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Frans B

If you don't think this is funny, well, I'll quote Joker and ask "why so SERIOUS?!" 😜 Lighten up and don't expect a work of art, this is fast paced (albeit with a lot of clumsy tripping), sometimes silly, lots of action, sometimes clueless, hilarious, unique and enough turns. Very entertaining

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/30/25

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Stephen C

A failure in theaters and on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/12/25

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Cat B

Now, my opinion may be biased as a lover of slap-stick humor, but this is one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time. I saw the original 1963 film and found it lackluster, boring, banal, extremely unfunny, and with an enormously unsatisfactory ending. Steve Martin was much more amusing than Peter Sellers and absolutely perfect for the role. This movie may not be amazing in terms of technical perfection, (what most of these critics seem to be judging it on), but it's a fun movie to watch and laugh at on a Saturday night (especially with our world as it is these days) and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/04/25

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Caysen A

a movie that doesn't even have the character for which it is named.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/11/25

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alan g

Really? An attempt to revive the franchise fails miserably. Good actors horribly misused.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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Audrey R

Y’all are crazy. This is the best movie I’ve ever seen. IT DESERVES AN OSCAR

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/18/25

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Synopsis

When the coach of a French soccer team is killed, his ring featuring the legendary Pink Panther diamond goes missing. Luckily, Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Kevin Kline) has a plan: assign his most intelligent, most driven officers to track down the thieves in secret, while publicly assigning the bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Steve Martin) as head of the case. Clouseau seems hopeless, until his various mistakes and misjudgments miraculously put him on the real killer's trail.

Director: Shawn Levy
Producer: Robert Simonds
Screenwriter: Len Blum, Steve Martin
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Rating: PG (Occasional Crude Humor|Language|Suggestive Humor)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 10, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 12, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $82.2M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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