OllieSuave-007 This movie, like its prequel, is a great piece of light-hearted comedy that will give you much-needed entertainment on a slow and depressing day. Though Peter Sellers basically owns the Inspector Jacques Clouseau role, I think Steve Martin did a nice job in providing the Clouseau character his own touch and originality.Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Alfred Molina, Andy Garcia, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and John Cleese all gave memorable performances in delivering humor, puns and slapstick comedy in a movie that to be taken too seriously, but mixed in with action and adventure that provides a great crime comedy movie. The plot is pretty exciting, with Inspector Clouesau (Martin) this time teaming up with a squad of international detectives known as the Dream Team to stop a globe-trotting thief from taking stealing historical artifacts.It's a movie full of silly, corny and awkward moments, but the main mission of the detectives (and story) is clear and the acting isn't bad at all. It's still certainly better than some of those comedies with crude humor, nonsensical comic relief and plots riddled with holes.Grade A

feagruth I have always struggled and even wanted to like Steve Martin as a comedy actor yet at best can only rate him as moderately talented. There is something instantly likable about him which has always allowed one to overlook the fact that in any role, it is Steve Martin, stand-up comedian and not the character that one sees.In taking on the part of Clouseau, Martin and the creators of these hideous films missed the point that trying to imitate a parody will never work. What Edwards and Sellars created played on so many levels including a very ignorant British attitude to French culture that is certainly unknown in America. I suppose at least he can feel happy that he is on a par with Queen Latifa in the Americanisation of the classic Besson film, Taxi.To go further and make a second installment of such spuriousness just underlines that Martin has no understanding of the fact that all of the original films will stand the test of time and be purchased by generations to come. Great comedians often tend to be great character actors (Take Billy Connoly for one). Moderate comedians make moderate actors.All in all, it manages to achieve the heights of a nice little retirement fund for the likes of Martin, Cleese (who should be ashamed) and other actors that have sullied their reputations by appearing in this debacle.Watch the originals, compare them to these. Then you'll really laugh.

TheLittleSongbird I didn't like the first movie either, but it had its moments. Apart from great music, a fun title sequence and Emily Mortimer and Jean Reno trying their best, there is little else to like about this sequel which both repeats and amplifies the mistakes of the first. The editing could have been tighter and less sloppy, the story is rushed and predictable, the script and gags are unfunny with a complete disregard for subtlety particularly the scene with the Pope and the ending, the chemistry between Clousseau and Dreyfuss is almost non-existent and the direction is bland. Alfred Molina and Jeremy Irons are fine actors but their (spirited) performances are hampered by the poor writing and badly written characters and Andy Garcia's stereotypical character rubs you up the wrong way. Once again, Steve Martin tries too hard and overdoes it,and I also noticed a bit of racism the part with the Chinese man being the worst offender. All in all, sorely lacking both as a sequel and film. 3/10 Bethany Cox

fkkemble I cannot understand why this movie was made? How can Steve Martin live with himself? He should be buried alive for foisting this abomination on the viewing public. Peter Sellars was a true genius and an unrivalled master as a comic actor in this role. His acting was both intelligent and inspired; Steve Martin on the other hand has simply made himself look utterly stupid. In any event I feel that Kevin Klein would have made a far better job of the Clouseau role if it had to be done at all. A great part of the charm of the Pink Panther movies was derived from the exclusively sixties flavour, the vehicles, the fashion and above all the actors who were extraordinarily well cast. The original Pink Panther movies attracted a varied and selective audience whereas the modern Pink Panther could only attract the accolade of the terminally stupid. Could we perhaps organise a petition to stop Steve Martin from repeating this offensive twaddle or maybe have a whip round and buy him off.