Trail of the Pink Panther

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Trail of the Pink Panther

PG

Released Dec 17, 1982

1h 35m

Comedy

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This sequel finds Chief Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) being summoned to the country of Lugash to investigate another robbery of the eponymous diamond. After developing some disguises, Clouseau embarks by plane and mysteriously vanishes en route. Hoping to solve the conundrum, enterprising journalist Marie Jouvet (Joanna Lumley) interviews those closest to Clouseau, including his father (Richard Mulligan), his boss (Herbert Lom) and his old nemesis, Sir Charles Litton (David Niven).

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

A waste of everyone's time.

Rated: 2/4

Nov 7, 2021

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Diego Galán

El Pais (Spain)

The movie is almost a fraud. There's no new ideas and it doesn't achieve the quality of its predecessors. [Full Review in Spanish]

Aug 27, 2019

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Charles Cassady

Common Sense Media

A weak link in the brilliant series.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 15, 2010

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Think of it as the cinematic version of a sitcom clip show.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 25, 2006

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 6, 2005

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Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

A horrible idea, badly executed.

Rated: 0/5

Jan 20, 2005

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Aender S

A hastily made collage made after Peter Sellers' death. Avoid this film, it's really bad.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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alan g

What a wate of great talent. Great actors in a horrible, horrible movie. Sleepwalking and mugging for the cameras. Must have been made for cash grab for the actors. Avoid.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/28/24

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Alec B

A pointless clip show. I could see doing this if the previously unseen outtakes and deleted scenes from the other movies used here were so earth shatteringly good that constructing a flimsy narrative around them would be worth it. Unfortunately they range from "meh" to "fine" at best. The result is a shameless cash grab. If the intent was really to honor Sellers with this movie they failed miserably.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/10/24

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Audience Member

Victor Frankenstein's monster was never as hideous as this. This movie called itself a tribute to Peter Sellers, but it was really an insult, as Sellers would never have allowed old footage of himself to be used in new movies. Yet this movie not only includes highlight scenes culled from prior Pink Panther movies, but unused footage that should have stayed unused. Add a thin story about the disappearance of Clouseau and a lot of mostly poorly-acted new material (though the scene where Dreyfus tries to keep from showing joy at the prospect of Clouseau's disappearing for good was the movie's only funny part), and that is exactly what this movie is. No exaggeration. Blake Edwards may have disliked Peter Sellers, and may have had good reason, but that didn't justify his obvious grave-robbing here.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

A pointless clip show. I could see doing this if the previously unseen outtakes and deleted scenes from the other movies used here were so earth shatteringly good that constructing a flimsy narrative around them would be worth it. Unfortunately they range from "meh" to "fine" at best. The result is a shameless cash grab. If the intent was really to honor Sellers with this movie they failed miserably.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

Didn't enjoy this one as it just seemed to be a mish-mash of stuff from previous movies and not that entertaining or funny.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Blake Edwards

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Joanna Lumley

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Herbert Lom

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Richard Mulligan

Clouseau's Father

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Synopsis

This sequel finds Chief Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) being summoned to the country of Lugash to investigate another robbery of the eponymous diamond. After developing some disguises, Clouseau embarks by plane and mysteriously vanishes en route. Hoping to solve the conundrum, enterprising journalist Marie Jouvet (Joanna Lumley) interviews those closest to Clouseau, including his father (Richard Mulligan), his boss (Herbert Lom) and his old nemesis, Sir Charles Litton (David Niven).

Director: Blake Edwards
Producer: Tony Adams, Blake Edwards
Screenwriter: Frank Waldman, Tom Waldman, Blake Edwards, Geoffrey Edwards
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: United Artists, Titan Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 17, 1982, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 1h 35m

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