 | 映画原題: The Pink Panther [ 映画邦題: ピンク・パンサー ] : 話題注目作劇場公開映画 |  | |  |  | |  | The Pink Panther : Hollywood Cinema Director : シネマ作品監督紹介 | | The Pink Panther : Actor [CAST・CREW] : アクター・アクトレス(男優・女優・声優)&ミュージシャン・アーティスト紹介 | | The Pink Panther : 本国映画ライターによる映画の内容 with イングリッシュ : English Description of Story |  |  |  |  | Amazon.com:If anyone could step into the huge shoes of comedic genius left by Peter Sellers as bumbling French policeman Jacques Clouseau, it's Steve Martin. Sellers made Clouseau a true icon of character and comedy in five Pink Panther movies in the '60s and '70s; Martin has arguably already attained Sellers' rank as an entertainment talent, so it only makes sense that he became Clouseau's heir apparent for the inevitable screen resurrection. This updated story of the priceless eponymous diamond purloined under mysterious circumstance and pursued with Keystone Cop-like antics by Clouseau is a frivolous yet winning pastiche of physical gags and riffs on Clouseau's hilariously impenetrable accent. A famous French football coach (Jason Statham in cameo mode) is wearing the stone, set as an engagement ring for his pop star fiance (Beyonce Knowles). But before a packed stadium crowd of thousands, the ring disappears from his finger as he falls dead from a poisoned dart. The wisp of a plot is secondary to the pratfalls of Martin's prim, prissy, and utterly inept Clouseau. He's brought onto the case by France's top cop (a drolly sophisticated Kevin Kline) who wants Clouseau to fail in a scheme to make himself a national hero. Even in a world where jokes about Viagra, flatulence and other familiar sophomoric subjects are required, Martin makes his Clouseau singularly memorable. You'll be fully expecting Clouseau to shatter priceless antiques, mangle his pronunciations (hamburger, anyone?), and prevail in the end, but Martin carries it off, giving homage to Sellers at the same time that he remakes the character in his own image as a comic master. --Ted Fry |  |  |  |  | | | | | The Pink Panther : 現地ハリウッド市民の評価 : 英語批評版 : Native Evaluation | | | | |  The WORST Film Of All Time! / 2006-02-27
I decided to go see this film because I am a fan of the original Pink Panther films with Peter Sellers. I wish I had not gone to see it!
Steve Martin's interpretation of Clouseau is not as good as Peter Sellers. Steve wrote the film to be more like 'The Naked Gun' or 'Airplane' in comedy feel.
Kevin Kline does a meidocre job of playing Dreyfus. And any scene with him in it is too silly to be believed.
But worst of all was Beyonce! There was absolutely no reason she needed to be in the film. Her characters was tacky and unbelieveable. And Beyonce is not that good of an actor or singer. She had no business in this film.
No disrespect to Peter Sellers, but I am glad he is not around so he didn't have to see this film!
My advice, don't bother to see this film. You'll regret it if you do. | | | | | | | | | | | |  The Pink Panther / 2006-02-27
The coach of the French national soccer team is murdered on the field after the game, and someone steals his ring. The ring contains the Pink Panther diamond, a large and valuable pink diamond. Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Kline) decides to put an idiot in charge of the investigation so he can swoop in and solve the crime and gain all the glory. This idiot is Inspector Clouseau (Martin). Of course, Clouseau may just be dumb enough to solve the case in spite of himself.
This is a movie that probably did not need to be made. The character of Inspector Clouseau is so entwined with Peter Sellers that anyone taking on the role has his work cut out for him. Steve Martin is not up to the task, but he does not completely fail either. He does an ok job filling his predacessor's shoe, and does bring some laughs. Kevin Kline and Jean Reno are also OK in supporting roles.
"The Pink Panther" will be enjoyed by many, but it sat on studio shelves for over a year before release, and that is not surprising. This version has a lot to live up to, and I do not think it is successful overall. Check this one out on DVD. | | | | | | | | | | | |  I wonder if this is the start of a new line of Panther remakes... / 2006-02-26
I, being a fan of the Blake Edwards' Panther flicks themselves, have been wondering if the crew will pull together to make more Panther sequels. When the movie came out in theaters, I thought I would give it a shot to see how badly executed this film really is.
Luckily, I was saved to see that they have done a decent job of bringing things up to par. And I say this, because the Edwards' flicks had this process that made the films classics: mediocre plotlines saved by the performance and mischief of a brainless, bumbling Inspector Clouseau played by the one and only Peter Sellers. Steve Martin, playing as Clouseau, is no Peter Sellers, but is still great at the character's bumbling antics.
After saying that, let me first tell how the story sets up: It all begins as a coach of a French soccer team has been murdered and his diamond ring-big diamond known as the Pink Panther which symbolizes his "honor" and "courage"-has been stolen. Now the head policeman, Inspector Dreyfus, hires an idiot policeman named you-know-who to find the murderer/thief in an attempt to bag the suspect and win a Medal of Honor himself.
And that's just the first 10 minutes. Around that time, the movie follows the same tradition of the old Edwards' flicks: an opening cartoon credit sequence starring the cartoon Pink Panther himself on a chase from a bumbling policeman, which I must admit holds up very nicely. After that peppy opener, the movie runs right into place as you finally see Clouseau run into some brilliantly funny, and sometimes racy antics trying to find the culprit. And believe me, there are some great gags to be had here, like Clouseau asking if the room is soundproof so he can go in and relieve some flatulence, as well as set a bathroom on fire while trying to get his "miracle pill for middle-aged men" out of the P-trap of a bathroom sink.
However, this film isn't without its flaws. One of my biggest dissapointments is how the character for Inspector Dreyfus has been set up. In the Edwards' flicks the character was driven into the brink of insanity by the stupidity of Clouseau, even enough insanity to find ways to kill the inspector--And in this remake, he doesn't become insane at all. Another flaw is that towards the ending Clouseau actually solves the case, and in the originals, he never did solve any cases. (Or even if he did, he's pretty darn close.) Can't spoil how he does it for you...
Still, if MGM/Sony is planning to direct a line of Panther sequels, I'm hoping they will fix those problems; seeing how Dreyfus has been "driven out" in the end, I'm hoping he WILL become insane. Otherwise, this isn't a bad remake of a cult classic; it's better than most movies that made it in the theaters last year (especially the Dukes of Hazzard remake (shudder)). And I sure hope they will bring up the resurrection of Japanese assistant Kato... | | | | | | | | | | | | Martin has his moments / 2006-02-26
Remakes, remakes, remakes.
Aren't there any creative writers who can make originals anymore?
After viewing The Pink Panther, that thought will probably come crossing through your head. If not, then you probably thought this was the funniest movie you have ever seen, and that Steve Martin (The Jerk, Bringing Down The House) is a genius for introducing the whackiest onscreen detective turned inspector.
The Pink Panther is actually a remake of the comedy classic starring Peter Sellers (The Party) as the 'original' Inspector Clouseau, a dim-witted detective assigned to some serious high profile cases that he, somehow with a strike of luck and ridiculousness, ends up solving.
As the 'new' Inspector Clouseau, Martin fiddles his way through some very funny French accent drivel (especially the part where he's trying to learn how to say the word "hamburger"), laughable attempts to 'teach' his sidekick, a no-joke and far more Inspector-quality type detective Gilbert Ponton played hysterically by Jean Reno (the part where Martin and Reno pretend to be back-up dancers to Beyonce Knowles shows a side of Reno I never expected), about police work, and causing destruction by clumsily rolling a big brass ball through the streets of Paris, burning down the bathroom of Knowles, and unintentionally breaking his superior's, a French minister played by Kevin Kline, bones.
Martin has his moments in Panther, but the movie overall just doesn't click into classic motion picture material like its predecessors had become. And as you see, I didn't go into the plot, something involving a big rock known as the Pink Panther getting stolen off the finger of a legendary soccor coach who is assassinated in the beginning, of the film because I found it irrelevent.
The movie makes a good passing time but just nothing more than that, and with ending results that are far from spectacular.
Mildly recommended
C
| | | | | | | | | | | | A clever, funny reimagining / 2006-02-26
I have never seen any of the original Pink Panther movies. Well, I did see Son of the Pink Panther, but I don't think that one really counts (I'm sure Roberto Benigni doesn't think so either...). The trailers for this film were fairly amusing. Nothing hilarious, but just enough for me to be interested enough to go see it in the theaters. I was very surprised by the result on screen. Truthfully, I was expecting a bland, unfunny, offensive display of Hollywood's desparity for new, original ideas. What I got was a clever, funny remake of what is widely hailed as a classic comedy.
The basic plot of The Pink Panther follows the stolen diamond of the same name. The diamond was supposedly stolen of the dead body of the head coach of France's soccer team. The head coach is assassinated in the middle of a victory celebration, and the diamond is mysteriously gone from his finger. Chief of Police Kevin Kline calls in Clouseau so he will have a patsy to screw up the investigation, making him look like the hero, and he will then win his long sought after Medal of Honor.
Steve Martin is truly hilarious as Inspector Clouseau. There were plenty of scene that had me laughing just because of his ridiculously overdone French accent. Clouseau is stupid. And that is the basis of most of the jokes throughout the movie, including a lot of physical humor that doesn't work quite as well as the filmmakers would like. The physical gags were the least funny part of the money, while Steve Martin was what really saved the film. Just listening to him have a conversation with another character was well worth the admission price. And really, Martin is the only source of comedy that the film has to offer, so it is really lucky that he is incredibly funny and talented. Kevin Kline really isn't the funny of an actor, and is given no funny material to work with. Beyonce is pretty much there for her looks, not her acting ability, and she plays a fairly minor role in the film. Jean Reno, as Clouseaus's "sidekick" is humorous at moments, but overall he is just another character necessary to complete the movie.
Overall, The Pink Panther is worth seeing. If you are a fan of Steve Martin, you will absolutely love this film, as I believe it his best in a long time (not that it has much to compete with.........Cheaper by the Dozen), and he is obviously the anchor of the film, and the filmmakers know that and milk his character completely dry. By the end of the film, I actually liked the characters in the movie, and I walked out of the theater genuinely enjoying what I had just seen. I don't know why the critics hated this film so much, but at least give it a chance, and I guarantee you at least a couple of good laughs. | | | | | | | | 
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