Revenge of the Pink Panther

Name: Revenge of the Pink Panther
Genre: Mystery, Comedy, Crime
Released: July 19, 1978
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 65
Cast: André Maranne, Burt Kwouk, Dyan Cannon, Graham Stark, Herbert Lom

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United Artists | Release Date: July 19, 1978 | PG

Starring: André Maranne, Burt Kwouk, Dyan Cannon, Graham Stark, Herbert Lom, Paul Stewart, Peter Sellers, Robert Loggia, Robert Webber, Tony Beckley

Summary: To prove that he still is strong and powerful, Philippe Douvier decides to kill Clouseau. Once news of his "death" has been announced, Clouseau tries to take advantage of it and goes undercover with Cato to find out who tried to kill him.

Director: Blake Edwards

Genre(s): Mystery, Comedy, Crime

Rating: PG

Runtime: 99 min

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Tom Shales

Edwards and his collaborators have wisely chosen to give an audience just what it wants and expects from a Pink Panther film - riotous slapstick, spectacular stunts and Sellers in a variety of accents and disguises that give him free reign and lead to inevitable uproariousness. [19 July 1978, p.E1]

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Revenge of the Pink Panther isn't the best of the continuing film series, but Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers on a slow day are still well ahead of most other comedic filmmakers. Read full review

James N. Baker

Peter Sellers's marvelously inept French Inspector Clouseau takes his fifth bow in Revenge of the Pink Panther - and you can't help loving it. Sellers and writer-director Blake Edwards clearly have no interest in tampering with their pat, profitable formula. They give us what we have come to expect from the series: a slapstick farce with raucous sight gags, wild chases and crass jokes that must be inspired by Playboy cartoons. [24 July 1978, p.59]

Vincent Canby

If you have the Clouzot habit, as I have, there's very little that Mr. Edwards and Mr. Sellers could do that would make you find the movie disappointing. Read full review

Judith Martin

Peter Sellers, as Inspector Clouseau, puts on a lot of funny costumes and has a lot of funny accidents. It was a good routine in 1964, and it's a good routine 14 years later. But it has gotten sloppier over the years. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

The fifth picture of the Pink Panther series, this wasn't as good as most of the others. It's a bit too unfocused, and the scenes shift to locations all over the world, like a comic version of a James Bond movie, but a good cast led by Sellers, under Edwards' direction, still provides plenty of laughs. Read full review

Robert Martin

There are pratfalls and car chases and explosions enough to please youngsters but the adult appeal of the Pink Panther series has disappeared. [24 July 1978]

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 25, 2021

I found this to be a very silly, amusing, highly entertaining watch, similar to the other Pink Panther films with Peter Sellers. It features some well choreographed fight scenes with Cato, plus some fun chase scenes and while the humour may be viewed by some as a bit too juvenile, as I say II found this to be a very silly, amusing, highly entertaining watch, similar to the other Pink Panther films with Peter Sellers. It features some well choreographed fight scenes with Cato, plus some fun chase scenes and while the humour may be viewed by some as a bit too juvenile, as I say I enjoyed it, so it suited me (make of that what you will but I don't think I'm a stupid person). Its pretty inoffensive stuff, any sex references are really quite mild and the like, compared to comedy films of this day and age. I enjoy the quirky, comic book feel that the film has, with the main character (Clousseau) being quite comical. If you've seen other live action Pink Panther films then you'll know roughly what to expect. I'd happily recommend this film.… Expand

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Compi24

May 16, 2019

This -- tragically -- final entry in the Peter Sellers canon of "Pink Panther" films closes things out on a bit of a whimper, as it represents one of the first discernible moments in my times as a moviegoer where I can tell a film is simultaneously caught up in and unaware of its ownThis -- tragically -- final entry in the Peter Sellers canon of "Pink Panther" films closes things out on a bit of a whimper, as it represents one of the first discernible moments in my times as a moviegoer where I can tell a film is simultaneously caught up in and unaware of its own narrativity. So much of it is focused on the plot at hand, yes. Clouseau is wrapped up in yet another scheme involving some criminal mastermind asking for his head, and while some of the events therein are mildly humorous, the overall tone is severely hampered by an over reliance on plot development. But with that, there's also one baffling moment where the canon of the entire franchise is thrown for a loop by. . .I don't even know what to call it. A narrative oversight? The laziest retcon ever? It's something I'd honestly take as an attempt at comedy, if the movie were a lot funnier. But, alas, a lot of the magic of the prior installments are gone. Clouseau fooling around in some millionaire's home gym. Clouseau unwittingly missing an entire robbery happening in a store just feet away from him. Clouseau giving away his luggage and clothing to some strange man in a hotel through a few simple conversational mistakes. All of these gags made for some of the best moments in a series that (I thought) valued nuance over grandiosity. But here we are, watching Clouseau parade around in "yellowface" and a bevy of other over-the-top disguises. To be fair and clear here, it's far from the worst comedy I've ever seen, and I wouldn't even say it's the worst in the franchise. But my regrets remain.… Expand

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