The Pink Panther 2 (2009)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.1/10   

Director:

Harald Zwart

Escritores (WGA):

Scott Neustadter (screenplay) &
Michael H. Weber (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

6 febrero 2009 (USA)

Género:

Aventura | Comedia | Misterio

Frase comercial:

Inspect the unexpected.

Plot:

Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.

Plot Keywords:

Inspector | Clouseau | Detective | Diamond | Team

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Harmless Fun

Reparto

Steve Martin	...	Inspector Jacques Clouseau
Jean Reno	...	Gendarme Gilbert Ponton
Emily Mortimer	...	Nicole Durant-Clouseau
Andy Garcia	...	Vicenzo
Alfred Molina	...	Chief Inspector Randall Pepperidge
Yuki Matsuzaki	...	Kenji Mazuto
Aishwarya Rai	...	Sonia Solandres (as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan)
John Cleese	...	Chief Inspector Dreyfus
Lily Tomlin	...	Mrs. Berenger
Jeremy Irons	...	Alonzo Avellaneda
Johnny Hallyday	...	Laurence Milliken
Geoffrey Palmer	...	Joubert
Philip Goodwin	...	Renard
Armel Bellec	...	Louis
Jack Metzger	...	Antoine

También conocida como:

The Next Pink Panther (USA) (working title)
The Pink Panther Deux (USA) (working title)
La pantera rosa 2 (Argentina) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG for some suggestive humor, brief mild language and action.

Duración:

92 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

USA:PG (certificate #44259) | Australia:PG | UK:PG | Finland:K-7 | Singapore:PG | Ireland:PG | Norway:7 | Netherlands:6 | New Zealand:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/6 | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:10 | Peru:PT | France:U | Mexico:A | South Korea:Todo

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Compañía:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

The very first scene of the movie is the scene between John Cleese and Geoffrey Palmer. They both have appeared in James Bond films. Cleese appeared in The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002) and Palmer appeared in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). The previous movie in the series The Pink Panther (2006) spoofed the character of James Bond

Errores:

Continuidad: In The Pink Panther (2006), the diamond was set in a ring. In this film, it is just the gem.

Citas:

Insp. Jacques Clouseau: I am now leaving France. This is a bad idea.
[steps over "You are now leaving France" line in airport]
TV Announcer: The legendary Pink Panther diamond has been stolen.
Insp. Jacques Clouseau: What'd I tell you?

Conexiones de Película:

References The Godfather (1972)

Banda de Sonido:

Habanera Para Baile

Harmless Fun

I'm not ready to get out the torches and pitchforks and lead a lynch mob after Mr Martin -- not yet anyway! Having read the early reviews here, I went to the cheapo theater with low expectations, and emerged pleasantly surprised. There were some genuine laughs from time-to-time, plus a great cast (shoulda got more out them). My daughter and grandchildren were delighted.

The overall plot is reasonably clever -- so, that leaves the gags. Some work - some don't work that well, as evidenced by the fact that many IMDb'ers want to talk about why some of the gags don't 'feel right', or seem to 'take too long'. (No really successful comedians ever had people talk about how their gags don't seem to be working -- people just talk about how much they laughed. When people start analyzing why your comedy isn't funny, it ain't workin'). But we had a few chuckles in this one, if not a bunch of sustained belly laughs.

Everyone says we should stop comparing Steve Martin to Peter Sellers, but, if you watched the original films, how can you stop comparing? Sellers created this character, just as Atkinson created Mr. Bean and Cleese created Basil Fawlty. And Steve Martin tries to do Sellers anyway (his 'little yellow friend' line?). He can't quite pull it off, and he hasn't really found a shtick that works. For one thing, his eyes are always popping, like he's trying to pass gas. Sellers' eyes were quiet. His Clouseau was genuinely 'clueless'. And, I've mentioned elsewhere at IMDb that Sellers was a major Radio comedy star before doing films - that puts him in a league with Abbott & Costello, Burns & Allen, Bob Hope and Jack Benny. These guys built amazing gags that kept both live and radio audiences in stitches, using well-constructed devices such as bizarre characterizations, rapid exchanges, and nifty voices. Mr. Martin's roots in comedy are from a different - and later - era.

Overall, though, if you need an amusing and harmless diversion, go see this at the reduced-price theater. For $4, I'm in - $20 for a date and me, plus popcorn? where are those torches and pitchforks?

6/10 canuckteach