The Pink Panther
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Movie Reviews of The Pink Panther
Movie Review: Pink Panther
Summary: 1 Stars
I never got the DVD in the mail. You sent it to the wrong address and it was lost. Please send me another one at the correct address which is 8132 Hickory St, New Olreans, LA 70118. Movie Review: Not Very Funny, But Worth Watching.
Summary: 4 Stars
Everyone is familiar with "The Pink Panther" series, everyone knows about the bumbling Inspector Clouseau, but if you've never seen the original "Pink Panther" and the first in the series you may be surprised. First off, Peter Sellers (who plays Clouseau) isn't in the starring role. That's David Niven as Sir Charles. The other thing that might surprise you is that this first entry isn't very funny. It's got a couple chuckles here and there and only one REALLY funny scene, if you ask me. Anyway, the movie takes place in Rome where Princess Dala (Claudia Cardinale) arrives at a posh resort with her legendary Pink Panther diamond which has a an image of leaping panther within it. Once there, she meets Sir Charles who arranges to have her dog stolen but whose motives seem at once unclear. Meanwhile, there's Inspector Clouseau who's at the same posh resort with his wife Madame Clouseau (Capucine). Inspector Clouseau is there to look for the legendary jewel-thief The Phantom, whom he fears may attempt to steal the Pink Panther. As irony would have it, Sir Charles is having an affair with Clouseau's wife...In another turn of events; Sir Charles' nephew George (Robert Wagner) arrives and seems to attract the attention of both Princess Dala and Madame Clouseau. The film had two hilarious scenes. The first was when both George and Sir Charles are in Madame Clouseau's room (unbeknownst to George) and than Clouseau arrives and Madame is forced to hide everyone from, well, everyone. The other scene comes at the costume party where Inspector Clouseau is waiting for The Phantom to show up and a detective dressed as zebra begins to drink from a bowl on a table. Does that sound funny? Probably not, but it's one of the scenes that made me laugh the hardest. "The Pink Panther" is still a legendary film that was probably much funnier years ago. If anything, it proves that Peter Sellers was a genius (with really low self-esteem, if you've read about him) and Blake Edwards was a great director of comedies. David Niven is also terrific as Sir Charles. This is worth seeing, but don't expect to laugh a lot.
GRADE: B
Movie Review: This is the real Pink Panther!
Summary: 5 Stars
This one started one of the most successful series of comedy films in film history. Peter Sellers is great and so is the story. Steve Martin's 2006 release doesn't hold up to this one. I've enjoyed all of the Pink Panther films. I highly recommend it.Movie Review: The era is securded
Summary: 5 Stars
This was the first movie to be shot of the six films. Since this movie has barely any violence in it and only occasional very mild thematic elements in it. This movie should be fine for kids ages 10 to 21 years of age and older. The reasons why I recommend this for ten and up is because the gags used in this comedy movie are the old school slapstick gags that have been used since 1950s and earlier. These old school gags may be to confiscated for kids under the age of ten to understand. The other reasons why I recommend this movie for ages ten and up is there are a few brief scenes thrown into the movie occasionally with the use of Champaign and other alcoholic drinks.. In this movie Inspector Closeau is hot on the trail of a notorious criminal. known as the Phantom. Can the young detective catch this thief who has been dogging the police for twenty years? Find out in the hilarious funny conclusion. Movie Review: Low Key Charmer
Summary: 4 Stars
To see this comedy classic 43 years later is revelatory. Many reviewers here find this introduction to the bumbling Inspector Clousseau, in an extended pursuit of a jewel thief, too slow. That is a pity, but entirely understandable. Even those who remember the 60s have, since then, been conditioned by the speed-up in all entertainment, especially film. Subtracting the fame of the Pink Panther series and of Sellers, for whom this was the break-out movie, many younger persons will just be puzzled. The bottom line is that the comedy here is much closer to Chaplin than to us, now. That the world has changed that fast will also give an edge of sadness to watching the movie to some of us.
What triumphs, however, is innocence, charm, and visual beauty. The international sets and lovely starlets were the sort of thing added for pizz-azz at the time, but if we are more jaded to all that now, beauty remains beauty. Then too,the always professional David Niven delivers the necessary ground to let Sellers' gags -- invariably physical and dumb -- develop. Where Sellers got his facial expressions God knows; the man was inspired, inimitable, a gift. 65% of what he does comes from the silent film era; the rest is the marvelously tuned comic pitch of his voice, perfect for any situation.
So sure, what would take 15 minutes on the screen now is extended to 2 hours. THAT is what was funny, then, you see; it is an acquired taste today. Comedy, unlike tragedy, is very particular to time and place. Almost any Shakespeare tragedy can be pumped up and re-mounted for the modern audience; he wrote as many comedies but only the very top ones, such as Midsummer Night's Dream, are redone in any era. Film, so accurate and unflinching, can really press the issue of this ephemeral nature of comedy.
So why see it? For Peter Sellers. For David Niven. For Capucine and the young Claudia Cardinale, the young Robert Wagner. They are here, preserved as fresh as the day this deceptively low key comedy was shot. What would we give for a 5 minute clip, even silent, of the great 18th century Shakespearean actor David Garrick? A priceless amount, of course. A film such as this asks to be appreciated in that sort of homely, poignant light.