The post-9/11 anti-French thing is hardly relevant anymore, especially against a backdrop of global economic doom. While these are decent physical comedy bits in their own right, they are enhanced by the silencing of Martin’s ridiculous approximation of a French accent.ĭespite these brief respites, The Pink Panther 2 is glaringly out of date. Later, while the rest of the Dream Team interrogates the suspect Avelleneda (Jeremy Irons), all Clouseau’s investigative mishaps are captured soundlessly on the panel of security monitors in the background. When Clouseau goes to select a bottle of wine at a restaurant, we expect that this simple task will end with every bottle in the towering wine case smashed but instead, an elaborate and frantic juggling act develops. In fairness, The Pink Panther 2 does feature a couple of effective sight gags (a vague holdover from the Peter Sellers days). To pile on, Clouseau and Ponton offer up another awkward dance number while saying the word “jojoba” over and over. Just so, Dreyfus suffers frequent injuries inflicted by Clouseau, and we suffer through his mispronunciations of the word “hamburger,” repeated ad nauseam. Much of the “comedy” in The Pink Panther 2 is a rehashing of the jokes from the first film (itself a feeble remake of the original). Ah yes, the inspector announces, “No man is an eez-land.” When Vincenzo (Andy Garcia) makes his own move on her, Clouseau is roused to jealousy, achieving his own meager insight with help from his partner Ponton (Jean Reno). Clouseau insists that he and Nicole remain professional, unaware that he is hurting her feelings. A second storyline centers on the maybe-romantic relationship between Clouseau and his assistant Nicole (Emily Mortimer), offering occasional relief from the mundane crime investigation and Mrs. Since we already know Clouseau will never learn this lesson, their interaction comes across as forced and pointless. Berenger (Lily Tomlin), a sort of sensitivity coach assigned to teach Clouseau that he can’t make racist or sexually charged remarks. He will, of course, make a fool of himself, on a global scale this time, before proving himself worthy of his Inspector’s rank - and even his Medal of Honor.Īmong his distractions is Mrs. Once more plucked out of obscurity and set on his usual path of destruction and humiliation, Clouseau applies his usual ineptitude with gusto. Selected for an international “Dream Team” of investigators, Inspector Clouseau (Steve Martin) here thwarts the efforts of Chief Inspector Dreyfus (John Cleese) to keep him out of sight (he’s been writing parking tickets, his French Medal of Honor dangling from his neck at all times). The culprit, named The Tornado, absconds with precious national artifacts, including the Magna Carta, the Shroud of Turin, the Imperial Sword, and eventually the treasure of France, the Pink Panther diamond. Steve Martin, well-liked interview partner.The Pink Panther 2 opens with a series of thefts. Steve Martin played a song for the attendant journalists at the press conference.įestival director Dieter Kosslick on the Red Carpet with the Pink Panther.Īctress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on her way to the premiere of Pink Panther 2. Jean Reno showed up in Berlin for the premiere of Pink Panther 2. A cast of familiar, well-loved stars from all over the world are soon hot on the heels of this crime-fighting dream team – and of the most famous diamond in the world.ĭirector Harald Zwart at the press conference for Pink Panther 2. The inspector takes up his investigations, ably assisted by his partner Ponton and Nicole, the latter being the object of Clouseau’s clumsy advances. Chief inspector Dreyfus assigns his ‘best man’ – Clouseau – to the case. Famous jewels are beginning to disappear around the world and, when the thief steals a legendary priceless diamond known as the ‘pink panther’, an international team of experts comes together to nail the criminal on the streets of Paris and Rome and retrieve the missing valuables. In this sequel, Steve Martin returns as the undaunted but clumsy French police inspector Jacques Clouseau. Not until Steve Martin’s brilliant interpretation of the role played by Sellers in the 2006 prequel, THE PINK PANTHER, did the series replicate its former popularity. Although the series’ inventor – US director Blake Edwards – released a sixth film (THE CURSE OF THE PINK PANTHER) two years after Seller’s death, this edition was unable to live up to the success of the films made between 19. When British actor Peter Sellers died in 1980 it looked as though the PINK PANTHER series had died along with him.
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