Curse of the Pink Panther

MGM/UA Entertainment Company | Release Date: August 12, 1983

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31	METASCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews

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Janet Maslin

Not unfunny, and not really an offense to the memory of Inspector Clouseau, it's merely a movie with very little reason to exist. Read full review

Bill Cosford

This is mildly amusing, and the scenes with Niven -- his last, and reportedly dubbed by impressionist Rich Little when Niven's illness had taken the strength from his voice -- are poignant. But there is no restoring the force that made the earlier Panthers work. [12 Aug 1983, p.C5]

Staff (Not Credited)

Curse of the Pink Panther resembles a set of gems mounted in a tarnished setting. Abetted by screen newcomer Ted Wass’ flair for physical comedy, filmmaker Blake Edwards has created genuinely funny sight gags but the film’s rickety, old-hat story values waste them. Read full review

David Ansen

A dispiriting attempt to wring a last gasp of mirth from an already dangerously overextended series. [22 Aug 1983, p.73]

Gary Arnold

Edwards persists in the missing-person subterfuge in Curse while avoiding the blatant outrage of recycling old footage under false pretenses. He's shot new footage this time, but that technicality hasn't prevented it from feeling depleted and secondhand. [17 Aug 1983, p.B6]

Rick Groen

All that's missing are the laughs. In their place, we get wall-to-wall predictability. [13 Aug 1983]

Steve Head

Maybe if it looked like Edwards cared about the movie it might have been something more. Even so, without Clouseau, what The Curse of the Pink Panther brings us is staged prop humor, and a number of indignities courtesy of the make-up and wardrobe departments. Read full review

TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)

An aesthetically contemptible, crassly commercial work. Read full review