Movies..an excuse in more ways than one.

The first review was written on March 6th 2009

Thought it was too soon, to post on the same day is inconsistent, considering the reputation I had to live upto, therefore to make up for it posting this old one along with the other two latesht ones!

Film: Pink Panther 2

Cast: Steve Martin, Andy Garcia, John Cleese, Emily Mortimer, Jeremy Irons, Aishwarya Rai Bachhan

Original Music Score: Cristopher Beck

Director: Harald Zwart

Producer: Robert Simonds

End of a stressed out day or week? Need a little cheering up? This is the movie you ought to see.

Revolving around the famous Inspector Clouseau who is not as stupid as he seems and on the contrary more ingenious than the smartest of his contemporaries, this is a very old fictional series that’s been made into cartoons, movies, TV Serials and movies again, spanning 4 decades. 

This is meant to be a sequel to the one made in 2006 (which it fails!) and is outrightly funny and whacky, filled with comic stunts that are signature Steve Martin, be it tumbling down the chimney or interrogating the Pope himself.

Throw in the clichéd LOVE Triangle and a little spice in the form of our very own Barbie Doll cum representative to Hollywood; we have a thoroughly entertaining combination.

With a series of thefts across countries and continents, and with very little hope of recovering them, a team of the world’s best detectives and sleuths is formed to be headed by the bumbling Frenchman, Inspector Clouseau,  and after running in the wrong direction, they finally outcaste him.

As expected, in this moment of professional grief, he also faces his personal fears but nevertheless sticks to his convictions and eventually finds the missing clue in time to establish himself as the greatest detective ever.

The music is as always catchy and the trademark detective tune that turns the audience into chorus has still not lost its charm.

Though it's a pretty good script and a fair enough screenplay, with fillers at the right time, it isn't even half as good as the original Peter Sellers film. The only other gripe with the movie was that Jeremy Irons was mostly wasted and that as far as duplicates go, it’s not good enough.

But if all you want is a few laughs and a dinner afterwards, this certainly fits the bill.