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#Pink pather films series#

I was expecting to dislike it but ended up laughing and enjoying it a little anyway.

#Pink pather films license#

Robert Davi in particular is under the impression that he is still in License to Kill. Also, the film is far too violent for a Pink Panther film. I haven't seen Roberto Benigni's other works so I won't be judging him based on this, but boy is he painfully inept here.

#Pink pather films series#

The most shamefully low point in the series as well as a pitiful swan song for Edwards. Son of the Pink Panther (1993, Blake Edwards ) The first involves a blow-up doll disguised as a wife and the second is a cameo by Roger Moore. There are two extremely funny scenes in this film. The only addition it offers to the series is that it tells us a little about Clouseau's past as a schoolboy and his part in the French Resistance.Ĭurse of the Pink Panther (1983, Blake Edwards ) Once he disappears, the film becomes a clip-show and a tribute, which is ghastly. As long as he is onscreen, the film is bearable. Sellers is present in the first half of the film, in gags that were deleted from previous films. Trail of the Pink Panther (1982, Blake Edwards )

The climax in particular is quite weak, consisting of ordinary car chases and a repeat of the fireworks accident from the first film. The first half is a lot funnier than the second half. Dreyfus reading the eulogy at Clouseau's funeral. It does boast of one of the funniest scenes in the series viz. Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978, Blake Edwards )Īfter hitting the peak with Strikes Again, the series descends to the level of Return. Clouseau also hits it off with the gorgeous Lesley Anne-Down. But the unreality doesn't matter because this time, they dare going all the way with the implausibility and emerge not only unscathed but triumphant with nonstop laughter. This one is basically a James Bond vehicle filtered through slapstick madness and a dash of science fiction thrown in. The earlier films were murder mysteries or heist films. This is also where it went completely out of the realm of real-world possibility, plot-wise. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976, Blake Edwards ) He may advance the plot but the enjoyment comes to halt whenever the film focusses on him instead of Clouseau. As it happens, like Niven I am not much of a fan of Plummer either - I find his perpetual smugness quite monotonous and overbearing. Not only Clouseau returns but Charles Litton as well, played by Christopher Plummer this time. Part of the problem lies with how it is structured. I found the film to be amusing but not with much rewatch value. Over a decade later, Edwards and Sellers re-teemed because they both needed a hit badly. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975, Blake Edwards ) Arkin tries quite hard but is neither believable nor likeable in the same way Sellers was. Scenes and locations change abruptly without any hint or preconception. Truth be told, the plot about a gang framing Clouseau for a series of bank robberies has a lot of possibilities. The entire nudist camp sequence is the highlight of the film - quite risqué for those times. The story is irrelevant, it's the gags which are important. The mystery usually solves itself and Clouseau ends up getting the credit anyway. The film which entirely formulated Inspector Clouseau's character as well as his appeal. Thankfully, even Edwards realized what the best part of the film was and retained it for the later films.Ī Shot in the Dark (1964, Blake Edwards ) The drunk scene between Sir Charles and the princess and also the juggling of lovers in the bedroom scene - both are bloody interminable after they wear out their welcome quite soon. The writers are in so much love with the bedroom farce aspect that they don't know when to stop.

I am afraid I am not a fan of David Niven - he is sort of England's answer to Cary Grant but nowhere as cool. Bonus points for Fran Jeffries' marvellous performance of 'Meglio stasera'.īut it hardly has anything in the way of story or even a proper plot.

True, Sellers is terrific and the ending, which rubbed me off the wrong way before, I can now see it is quite ingenious. Hard to believe what I saw in it back then.