When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Inspector Dreyfus assigns the worst police inspector Jacques Clouseau to the case.
For those who recall Sellers and the role he made famous, 'travesty' seems to be the right descriptor.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
11 Feb 2006
rotten:
The most that can be said for this strenuously bland reconstitution is that Steve Martin was clearly alive during filming. But just how alive, unfortunately, is at issue.
– Ben Kenigsberg,
Village Voice,
14 Feb 2006
rotten:
What is the point?
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
16 Feb 2006
rotten:
The Pink Panther moves Clouseau into the modern world while keeping the jokes older than dirt.