| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"So-so, but Martin sparkles." more... |
C+ |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...another passably engaging Steve Martin vehicle: a few solid laughs, a lot of dead air, no earthly reason to exist." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...at every moment in the movie, I was aware that Peter Sellers was Clouseau, and Steve Martin was not." more... |
C- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...though the new Panther is no catastrophe, it's certainly a big disappointment." more... |
C+ |
| E! Online |
"Beyoncé Knowles adds some sex appeal, but it's not nearly enough to keep us interested." more... |
C |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...director Shawn Levy and his team squander Martin's old-timey hipster appeal..." more... |
C |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"Martin deserves half the blame, serving as co-screenwriter for a script that rehashes bad jokes and bogs down in painfully unfunny sequences." more... |
D+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...painfully unfunny..." more... |
D |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"Nothing is connected to anything else; the characters don't learn or change, the mystery is barely there..." more... |
C |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...Mr. Martin's craftsmanship can't hold a candle to Sellers's instinctive genius." more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"The Pink Panther is supposed to use humor to uplift. Instead, I departed this movie feeling depressed." more... |
D |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...graceless, embarrassing..." more... |
F |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...Steve Martin steps into the Inspector Clouseau role and nails it with his most inventive and funny performance in years." more... |
B |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"The script, co-written by its star, is often clever." more... |
B |
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