The Pink Panther Strikes Again

After making life intolerable for clumsy Inspector Closeau(Sellers),former Chief Inspector Charles Dreifuss(Herbert Lom)goes nutty and is interned in asylum.One time escaped he tries to destroy the world by means a ray-laser.Besides he hires a group of hit men to kill... Full review

Well now, all the major characters are nestled firmly into their pigeon holes, and we are comfortable in the ratty old slippers of their idiosyncrasies, so character development is unnecessary. What little WAS necessary was delivered during the introduction featuring... Full review

I think "Strikes Again" is the most accomplished of the series.Clouseau's attempts to enter the castle are just impossible to describe: so hilarious I still laugh whenever I recall the scenes. Not to mention the short conversations with the hotel... Full review

In my opinion, Blake Edward's "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" is the funniest movie of the Pink Panther series, if not the funniest piece of Peter Sellers' career, if not the funniest comedy in film history. It carefully balances the outrageous... Full review

THE PINK PANTHER movies ? Started off well but then soon outlived their welcome in my opinion , I mean a French policeman with a silly accent , just how much milage can you get out of that ? But... Full review

The Pink Panther Strikes Again **** / ***** Dir: Blake Edwards; Starring: Peter SellersFunny gazillionth sequel (not literally!) sees Chief Inspector Clouseau (Sellers in his iconic role) being chased down by an escaped madman with nervous ticks. Fun from start... Full review

A Shot in the Dark is a better movie but The Pink Panther Strikes Again is the high water mark of the Pink Panther series. Most movie series' throw all inhibition out the window at one point or another and... Full review

Inspector Clouseau...Commissioner Dreyfuss...Gerald Ford. What don't you have in this movie?Funny film to watch again and again. The chemistry is perfect between Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom. There are so many jokes and laughs throughout, I usually pick up something... Full review

Of the Pink Panther series of films, this is the best with the possible exception of the original. Clouseau and Cato outdo themselves in the hide and seek game they play in each film. In this one however they have... Full review

The inimitable Peter Sellers strikes again as Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau, in this fourth installment of the classic `Pink Panther' series, `The Pink Panther Strikes Again,' directed by Blake Edwards. Given the fact that the assessment of comedy is intrinsically... Full review

If I'm less than totally enthusiastic about " The Pink Panther Strikes Again ," maybe it was....That's not to say this film isn't funny --....Some are among their best moments....And he finally succeeds, in a nice companion piece to the teeth-drilling scenes in " Marathon Man ," by disguising himself as the village dentist.... ... Full Review

Despite the omission of the 16:9 component, THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN looks pretty good in wide screen. THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN is a brilliant exercise in slapstick that showcases Peter Sellers amazing talent for physical comedy. ... Full Review

For good ol' fashioned slapstick comedy, they don't get much funnier than this. Karate showdowns with his valet, Cato (Bert Kwouk), once again keep Clouseau on his toes, and lovely Lesley-Anne Down plays a would-be assassin who finds Clouseau amorously irresistible. ... Full Review

Most Inspector Clouseau fans regard The Pink Panther Strikes Again as the best of the clumsy Parisian detective's "comeback" films of the 1970s. ... Full Review

This article was published on 02.12.09 , in RN&R. It's maddening to watch somebody as gifted and funny as Steve Martin stumbling about in trash like The Pink Panther 2 . ... Full Article

Sweet Baby Steve: R.I.PScariest part of the new Star Wars Movie? The trailer for the new Pink Panther movie they showed before it started. Why would anyone try to re-imagine The Pink Panther? ... Full Article

"The Pink Panther Strikes Again" It would be almost a dozen years, 1975, before Sellers came back to the series in "The Return of the Pink Panther" (now available on DVD from Artisan). ... Full Article

By Brendan Willis After the utterly forgettable remake of Blake Edwards' classic Pink Panther movie a few years ago it should come as no surprise that the Hollywood mediocrity machine has churned out an even more forgettable sequel. ... Full Article