Review of The Pink Panther 2 (2009) by Animal L — 16 Aug 2009

I feel the negative press for this Steve Martin paycheck movie is overdone although ?The French Connection? this collection of sight gags this is not. The movie?s 7 attributed screenwriters deserve no awards but the casting agents deserve an Oscar: where else will you see John Cleese, Jean Reno, Jeremy Irons Alfred Molina and the late Andy Garcia on the same screen? You could also watch for the absurdist touches such as the casting of the uber-British Cleese as French police official Dreyfus or the name of the restaurant twice burned to the ground by Martin?s Clouseau which translates to ?A Plate of Nothing? or the wild sacrilege of Clouseau shaking out The Shroud of Turin.

I?m not saying it is worth renting, but if you can get it for free spend a few minutes with it.