Son of the Pink Panther

I have not seen the latest Pink Panther movie starring Steve Martin, but from what I gather, it at least has redeeming qualities. Its most popular credit is the song Beyonce provided for it (I'm not a fan - "Check... Full review

No this doesn't match the Sellers films, but it does have Roberto Benigni which is reason enough to watch.Okay, yes, when Benigni is not on screen this film is bad, and some of the performances are patently bizarre (Edwards' daughter... Full review

Blake Edwards, the man who was certainly the most visually inventive and provocative comedic filmmaker of his time, naturally has a hard time being understood by the historically myopic. This film is no exception, and it's too bad: it's rather... Full review

The "Pink Panther" franchise has spawned a number of movies. The last one in the series is "Son of the Pink Panther." It stars Roberto Benigni as the original Inspector Jacques Clouseau's son. He does a good job stumbling and... Full review

A few spoilers throughout. Yes it was a rehash. Yes, Blake Edwards recycled a lot of the jokes from the original. But I still feel that SOPP manages to do succeed. Benigni Is a nice choice for Sellers' illegitimate (Did... Full review

The visual wit and warm wrap-up that Blake Edwards' brings to one of the finest comedic series of film history (and, apart from the couple produced in the eighties, they were consistently original and inventive - and changed with each... Full review

What do you say about a movie that proudly proclaims THREE (no more!) stars from the lone critic quoted from the box - and it's from a CANADIAN PAPER? One word - AWFUL! Roberto Benigni is a funny and talented... Full review

Benigni is enormously charming, a slight little fellow with a homely face that seems almost puppetlike and a flair for broad physical comedy. But even more unsettling than this is the inescapable feeling, by the end, that Blake Edwards has laid the groundwork for more wild, wacky film adventures with Benigni in the role of Clouseau Jr. ... Full Review

Besides, it was recently voted the best foreign film of all time in a poll of viewers. It is quite an accomplished balancing act that Benigni performs, but one that some viewers will not agree is kept within the limitations of proper respect for the situation. ... Full Review

The story actually gets more convoluted from there -- and never does it get any more amusing than someone falling down, falling out of a window, or falling off of a bed. Add in a kidnapped princess and police commissioner Dreyfus (Herbert Lom, impossibly still alive) who stumble into Maria's world. ... Full Review

Outside of the James Bond films, it's hard to think of a series as pass? as Blake Edwards' Pink Panther comedies: What started as an effervescent mix of swank and slapstick now tastes of spoiled champagne. ... Full Article

Nothing is sadder than seeing a once-beloved movie series churning out sequels long after its time is past. Thirty years ago, when classics like The Pink Panther and A Shot in the Dark arrived in theaters, they were among the... ... Full Article

If the series hadn't ended after Revenge of the Pink Panther , it at least should have ended after Curse of the Pink Panther . This film is a travesty on all counts. The humor is inane, and the lead ... Full Article