The Pink Panther

2006 93 min ★ 5.9 Comedy, Mystery, Crime, Adventure, Family

When the coach of the France football team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium at the end of a game, and his huge, expensive ring with the Pink Panther diamond disappears, the ambitious Chief Inspector Dreyfus assigns the worst police inspector – Jacques Clouseau – to the case.

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Cast

Steve Martin

Clouseau

Jean Reno

Ponton

Kevin Kline

Dreyfus

Beyoncé

Xania

Emily Mortimer

Nicole

Henry Czerny

Yuri

Kristin Chenoweth

Cherie

Roger Rees

Raymmond Laroque

Philip Goodwin

Deputy Chief Renard

Henri Garcin

President

Details

Director

Shawn Levy

Screenplay

Len Blum

Tagline

"Pardon His French."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$65,000,000

Revenue

$158,851,357

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia Pictures, Robert Simonds Productions

Reviews

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tricksy

June 10, 2015

From the beginning I knew a prequel to the PINK PANTHER series would be an abomination. I did not, however, think it would be worse than I expected. I went to see the movie because I am a fan of Steve Martin and his writing. His attempt at either imitating or recreating the Clouseau role (whichever it was) was, in the very least, a failed accomplishment. The beauty of the Sellers "Clouseau" was th...

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Filipe Manuel Neto

June 18, 2022

★ 5/10

**A decent film, which has what it takes to entertain us minimally, but which is still far from the quality we would like to see.** After many years dormant, the "Pink Panther" franchise was entitled to a very brief resurrection with two films starring Steve Martin. I saw the original films, from the 60s, 70s and 80s, in which Peter Sellers played the infamous Inspector Clouseau. With the death...