| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"Too many of the stunt gags are performed without payoffs..." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"Sporadic laughs can't keep ze cat out of ze doghouse." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"The second take featuring Steve Martin as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau occasionally--only occasionally--gets a clue..." more... |
B- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...provides genial chuckles, but it's never excitingly rude." more... |
B- |
Filmcritic.com
Bill Gibron |
"Three decades ago Steve Martin was considered a true comedy original. The Pink Panther 2 proves he's now nothing more than a paycheck-cashing hack." more... |
D |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"Martin earned more laughs in his cameo in Baby Mama than he does here. " more... |
C- |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"Although the stunts come thick and fast in The Pink Panther 2, they are jammed together in a way that gives most of them barely enough time to register." more... |
C- |
Reelviews
James Berardinelli |
"(Martin's) 'interpretation' of Clouseau makes one suspect the corpse of Peter Sellers would do a better job." more... |
C- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Wasn't it bad enough the first time (back in 2006) gaping at Steve Martin trying to clone the stumbling gait and terrible French accent of the great Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau?" more... |
D |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"Mindless pratfalls, romantic misunderstandings and French people with British accents fill the screen, until 92 minutes have passed and it's time to validate your parking." more... |
C |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Andy Spletzer |
"Mostly... a forgettable waste of time." more... |
C |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...lazy and derivative..." more... |
D+ |
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