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Curse of the Pink Panther | Year: 1984 Directed: - Blake Edwards Actors/Actresses: - David Niven - Robert Wagner Not bad, not good... I think this film is not bad, but its also not verry good... the previous Pink Panther (iven Trail), had Peter Sellers in it, and HE was one of the reasons that the films were succesfull. Now in this one, because the producers cooldn't find any other usefull material of Sellers (like in Trail), they deside to show a Clouseau-like, Clifton Sleigh (awfully played by Ted Wass), a New York Policeman, whoose been chosen to found ChiefInspector Clouseau. The wrong point to this film, is that the central character of this film, is a anone and uninteresting character. This alone is VERRY BAD POINT of the film There are good things here of course, like the re-teaming of NIVEN-WAGNER-CAPUCINE to their roles from the original PINK PANTHER film. Herbert Lom's outstanding Dreyfus is here. And theres a cute and amusing cameo that you love to see it all over it again Overall, a good movie The saga continues...without beloved Peter Sellers! "The Curse of the Pink Panther" is not, by popular opinion, the best in the series. You can restrain yourslef from watching it. It'll probably make you feel better. Still, I could get a laugh or two out of it. Ted Wass as Clifton Sleigh is an exact repeat as Sellers as Clouseau. Interesting fight scene in this picture. David Niven as a better and larger role in this movie than in "Trail". Him and Capucine return, along with arch-nemisis Herbert Lom and Burt Kwouk as Cato. Harvey Korman returns<BR>as well as Robert Loggia. If you have seen "Trail of the Pink Panther", you could say that Ted Wass was retracing the steps of Joanna Lumley in "Trail". Interesting part is in this picture is Clouseau's apartment has been turned into a museum. The "Salty Sea Dog", "The Godfather", and all the other costumes and disguises Clouseau wore are on display. There is also a very wacky and hilarious car chase scene. You'll get the most laughs out of that sequence, because the taxi car rides upside down and skidding along down the road at one point. If it sounds interesting, go ahead and see for yourself. If not, don't bother.<BR>By popular opinion, it's not the greatest because Peter Sellers is missing. The man who "supposedly" plays Clouseau hiding-out is not very good. His accent is good, but he has no moustache and doesn't look a think like Peter Sellers. Herbert Lom even says near the end. "Then that settles it. Clouseau is dead." Then, that raised a question to me: Is he or isn't he? Yeah, it's confusing. Not the greatest, but you can get a few laughs out of it. Never "Never look a gift horse in the mouth." Either this is existential genius on behalf of the script writer or monstrous cynicism, take your pick. Just remember to fall over while doing it. There is a scene with a blow up doll which is frankly disturbing. An unusually short title sequence by the series standards tells us that someone is embarrassed about stepping on stage. Buy Curse Of The Pink Panther at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Curse Of The Pink Panther Search with the Priority Search Engine on Curse Of The Pink Panther This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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