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Hilariously Engaging Farce


Laugh out loud humor from start to finish !!!!
First off I should note, this movie is only *loosely* based on the 1964 version.
I haven't seen that version but wanted to note that other sites say this is not the same movie, just based on that movie.
It is also not a real pink panther like the cartoon for anyone who may have thought that.

The movie mixes comedy scenes with Sellers and serious moments with Niven, but since Clouseau's bungling is so universally associated with the Panther series (their plots were pretty irrelevant and usually contrived) that modern viewers will probably be disappointed by the fact that the comedy seems to take second place.. This is a fairly justifiable opinion to have and it has to be said that the movie is rather dull when Sellers is off-screen, even though Niven gives a good performance....

The film works best on the moments of improvised comedy.
The role of Clouseau was originally to be played by Peter Ustinov but he apparently pulled out of the production when he heard that Capucine was to play his wife (Ustinov had hoped for Ava Gardner ).
Luckily, writer-director Blake Edwards had recently seen I'm All Right, Jack and had begun to take an interest in Peter Sellers comic performance.
Sellers was offerred a fee higher than anything he had ever earned up until then and naturally jumped at the opportunity to go to Hollywood and make an international production.
Comedy history was made and a film series was born.
With gr8 respect to his enormous talent, Ustinov would have been nowhere near as watchable as Sellers and indeed much of the films best moments were improvised as the cameras were rolling including the famous opening scene with Clouseau leaning on the spinning globe and most of the farce with Capucine in the bedroom.

The sequel, A Shot in the Dark, started production almost immediately after this film, but creative differences between the star and director saw the series put on hold until 1974.
Edwards even tried to continue the series after Sellers death in 1980 using out-takes and lookalikes, but these efforts were usually futile and pointless disasters.
The Pink panther, though, remains a slapstick comedy classic with lots of wit and plenty of laughs.

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One thing that I mentally noted during the movie was that the effects would last.
So if something happened in one scene, they didn't magically erase the effects of that in the next scene.
For example, something happened that caused a fire outside, and in the very next scene we are inside and see a puff of smoke passing the window.. It's funny because these little things are meant to be in the background of the action, but noticing them makes you giggle.....

The effects of this movie will last with me, and I will most definitely buy it later.
It was admittedly slow at parts, but overall I found so many scenes funny that I can't wait to watch it again and see if I missed anything.
I did start to get a little bored toward the last 30 min. of the movie.
That was because the storyline was drug out a little longer than anticipated or necessary.
That brief moment passed and then the movie flowed to the ending.
For people who have never seen a Pink Panther movie, it doesn't include the actual "Pink Panther " character.
They did show a little cartoon skit in the opening as they normally do, but that's the extent of the Pink Panther's acting.

The type of comedy is slapstick type.
Professor Clouseau is clumsy and clueless at best.
He does the usual knocking things over, causing catastrophes of which he is completely unaware of.
His egocentric attitude combined with complete ineptitude makes you laugh throughout the movie.
But of course, it's predictable in the way that he comes through in the end and astounds even the audience that he figures it all out regardless of his alleged stupidity.
This is a Gr8 family movie since even little ones enjoy slapstick type humor and goofiness.
There is a little bit of sexual innuendo in it that I could do without, but these are brief scenes that pass by quickly for the most part and aren't given a second thought.
So, while this isn't the funniest movie I've ever seen, it's still pretty good and a gr8 family movie for movie night entertainment.
If you like Steve Martin, or silly Detectives, The Pink Panther is a movie for you.
It truly was a joy to watch

My biggest problem with the film is the sexual humor.
Being a PG movie, I didn't think there would be so much or it would be so prevalent.
I was shocked by a few of the gags, especially one involving Viagra.
Frankly, not only were they not funny, they also did nothing to advance the story. Either these scenes should have been cut, or the film should have been given a more honest PG-13.
All I can tell you is I laughed from start to finish.
By the time the movie was over, my sides hurt.
This is a gr8 movie for those looking to laugh ; just watch it before you let the kids see it.

Tickled Pink with laughter !!!!!