THE PINK PANTHER 2 with Steve Martin and Aishwarya Rai
Posted on February 28, 2009
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Hollywood funnyman Steve Martin returns to the role made famous by Peter Sellers in this high-concept sequel to the 2006 comedy hit The Pink Panther. The worlds most valuable treasures are being stolen. The legendary Pink Panther Diamond is the latest to disappear, and Chief Inspector Dreyfus is assembling a team of international experts and detectives to track down the thief and recover the missing artifacts.
The latest addition to the crack team is Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Martin), the intrepid yet awkward French detective who always seems to get his man. Jean Reno and Emily Mortimer reprise their roles as Clouseaus partner, Ponton, and love interest, Nicole, respectively, with Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina, Yuki Matsuzaki, and the Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai rounding out the team that will travel from Paris to Rome in search of the priceless gem. Stacked with impressive actors who spend pretty much the entire duration of the film looking embarrassed at Steve Martin’s slapstick antics, The Pink Panther 2 is the kind of movie that might appeal to eight and nine year-olds who don’t know any better.
The Pink Panther 2 isn’t all bad, there is pleasure to be had in some of the smarter scenes in the film, especially those between Clousseau and Lily Tomlin’s character. Look for that bit in which she tests him by narrating a provocative tale, or the one in which she bickers with him over gaping at a pretty intern – it’s moments like this that make this a not entirely unwatchable film.
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