Nomat: Pink Panther
I thought the movie would be like "Who framed Roger Rabbit" where real actors play alongside with animations. I was wrong. Pink Panther the cartoon only appears in the opening credit, as in the plot, Pink Panther is a reference to a large pink diamond.
Yves Gluant, French team coach, got killed and the diamond is lost. Steve Martin plays Clouseau, an accident prone detective who is hired by Minister of Justice, played by Kevin Kline. The minister deliberately chose someone highly insecure, incapable, and dim-witted to take care this high profile case so that when the case seems to go nowhere, he would swoop in and take back the control of the case and solve it, something that would lead him to get Medal of Honor.
Things go crazy around Clouseau, as everything he touch would cause disasters. Along the way, only his partner, played by Jean Reno, and his secretary could save the situation. Hillarious scenes which portray the inspector's stupidity are the main theme of this movie. A lot of slapsticks plus funny french accent make up Clouseau's character. However, the jokes are not all original. The scene where Clouseau hire an accent tutour to couch him American accent reminds a lot of Friends "The One Where Joey Speak French" where Phoebe is having a horrible time teaching Joey intricate french sounds. Joey coould not say "Je m'appelle Claude" and Clouseau could not pronounce "I would like to a have a hamburger". Other humorous flicks could be found in previous movies of the same genre.
Beyoncé plays Gluant's girl friend, a internationally renowned singer. Although her character doesn't appear often, the key to case lies in her. In the end, Clouseau miraculously come up with the completed jigsaw puzzle and applauded as a national hero who received that year's Medal of Honor.
No subtle jokes you could expect in the movie. However, if you're into crazy mishaps done by an over-confident french-english speakinginspector, the movie is for you. I recommend you see the movie with a bunch of easily pleased audience, rather with overly critical snobs.
Yves Gluant, French team coach, got killed and the diamond is lost. Steve Martin plays Clouseau, an accident prone detective who is hired by Minister of Justice, played by Kevin Kline. The minister deliberately chose someone highly insecure, incapable, and dim-witted to take care this high profile case so that when the case seems to go nowhere, he would swoop in and take back the control of the case and solve it, something that would lead him to get Medal of Honor.
Things go crazy around Clouseau, as everything he touch would cause disasters. Along the way, only his partner, played by Jean Reno, and his secretary could save the situation. Hillarious scenes which portray the inspector's stupidity are the main theme of this movie. A lot of slapsticks plus funny french accent make up Clouseau's character. However, the jokes are not all original. The scene where Clouseau hire an accent tutour to couch him American accent reminds a lot of Friends "The One Where Joey Speak French" where Phoebe is having a horrible time teaching Joey intricate french sounds. Joey coould not say "Je m'appelle Claude" and Clouseau could not pronounce "I would like to a have a hamburger". Other humorous flicks could be found in previous movies of the same genre.
Beyoncé plays Gluant's girl friend, a internationally renowned singer. Although her character doesn't appear often, the key to case lies in her. In the end, Clouseau miraculously come up with the completed jigsaw puzzle and applauded as a national hero who received that year's Medal of Honor.
No subtle jokes you could expect in the movie. However, if you're into crazy mishaps done by an over-confident french-english speakinginspector, the movie is for you. I recommend you see the movie with a bunch of easily pleased audience, rather with overly critical snobs.
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