Beyonce Knowles Movie:

Editorial Review:
If anyone could step into the huge shoes of comedic genius left by Peter Sellers as bumbling French policeman Jacques Clouseau, it's Steve Martin. Sellers made Clouseau a true icon of character and comedy in five Pink Panther movies in the '60s and '70s; Martin has arguably already attained Sellers' rank as an entertainment talent, so it only makes sense that he became Clouseau's heir apparent for the inevitable screen resurrection. This updated story of the priceless eponymous diamond purloined under mysterious circumstance and pursued with Keystone Cop-like antics by Clouseau is a frivolous yet winning pastiche of physical gags and riffs on Clouseau's hilariously impenetrable accent. A famous French football coach (Jason Statham in cameo mode) is wearing the stone, set as an engagement ring for his pop star fiance (Beyonce Knowles). But before a packed stadium crowd of thousands, the ring disappears from his finger as he falls dead from a poisoned dart. The wisp of a plot is secondary to the pratfalls of Martin's prim, prissy, and utterly inept Clouseau. He's brought onto the case by France's top cop (a drolly sophisticated Kevin Kline) who wants Clouseau to fail in a scheme to make himself a national hero. Even in a world where jokes about Viagra, flatulence and other familiar sophomoric subjects are required, Martin makes his Clouseau singularly memorable. You'll be fully expecting Clouseau to shatter priceless antiques, mangle his pronunciations (hamburger, anyone?), and prevail in the end, but Martin carries it off, giving homage to Sellers at the same time that he remakes the character in his own image as a comic master. --Ted Fry

The Pink Panther [Blu-ray] Reviews:
Pink Panther DVD Review
2008-07-02 - This product, The Pink Panter Special Edition, was shipped in a timely manner. actually it arrived a lot sooner than I expected, which is awesome. It plays perfectly. The seller told me everything about the product, that it was used, but still had all the original artwork. I am completely happy with the DVD.

Horrible
2008-06-15 - Peter Sellers is rolling over in his grave with disgust over this garbage. Sellers "act was natural, Martins "act" is forced, childish, and humorless. I was not able to finish watching it, easily one of the worst movies ever.

This is a really bad film
2008-05-07 - This is just about the worst film I have seen. I have only seen it because I suffered through it being turned up loud and stuffed in front of me while I was on a bus journey in Cancun.
There are many reasons why it is awful but here's a couple:
# Steve Martin's accent is rubbish throughout. It's inconsistent. It isn't remotely French and it's not funny.
# In the original films the slapstick was so great because you didn't always see it coming. In this one it's so lazily plotted, acted and directed that you can see and hear the jokes coming from light years away with your eyes closed and your ears plugged. I know because I tried.
# Clouseau was always funny because he was so blissfully unaware of the havoc he causes. Steve Martin is only too aware - and smug about it too which just makes you wanna slap him with a kipper.
# It's awful cos the originals were so good. Please don't watch this film. Do yourself a favour and get the originals from 'A shot in the dark onwards'...!
The Pink Panther Film Collection (The Pink Panther / A Shot in the Dark / Strikes Again / Revenge of / Trail of)

Stupefying
2008-03-25 - Stilted, vapid and utterly predictable. And that was just Beyonce. The rest of the movie was even worse. There was exactly one laugh in the whole thing -- the end credits list a dialect coach for Kevin Kline! In one scene he's English, the next he's kinda-sorta French, and in the next he just gives up altogether.

You know how in Jerry Lewis movies you can always tell what the gag is going to be about 10 seconds before it happens? Every time? This movie bests that by about 15 seconds.

Conceived for teenagers
2008-03-21 - The hero is a clumsy oaf and unsuccessful with women, spends lonely time on the Internet, but he redeems himself..... clearly the target market for this semi-amusing product is the male teenage crowd who can identify their own problems with those of the protagonist (a similar marketing profile was created for Robin Williams in "Man of the Year"). There are a few funny sight gags but this is corporate comedy from the boardroom. The phony French accents are to die for (not). OK if you have a couple of hours to kill.