Millions remember Peter Sellers as the original Inspector Jacques Clouseau. Now, in the latest "Pink Panther" movie, the late comic actor is replaced with Steve Martin. And filling the legend's shoes could not have been easy! In this re-imagining of the story, Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Kevin Kline) calls upon bumbling small-town gendarme Clouseau to solve a murder mystery, which comes with the theft of the fabled diamond, the Pink Panther. I went in not expecting the movie to be as good as the Peter Sellers original, but I tried to stay optimistic. In the end, the movie was not as good as the original, but still good for some laughs. The slapstick is heavy, and some of the jokes seem to be forced. Steve Martin does put in a funny performance, giving us his interpretation of Inspector Clouseau. Other performances include Beyonce Knowles as Xania, a suspected pop singer, and Jean Reno as Ponton, Clouseau's more competent partner. This movie is enjoyable, if you keep an open mind.
Review of The Pink Panther
