SnoopyStyle Tornado has stolen many of the world's treasures. A dream team of detectives is recruited to find the thief. Chief Dreyfus expects to be picked but they want Clouseau (Steve Martin). Gendarme Ponton (Jean Reno) is his sidekick and his assistant Nicole Durant (Emily Mortimer) is now his secret girlfriend. Dreyfus takes charge of the Pink Panther diamond and it gets stolen. The dream team with Italian Vicenzo Brancaleone (Andy García), British Randall Pepperidge (Alfred Molina), Tornado expert Sonia Solandres and Kenji Mazuto arrives in Paris. Mrs. Berenger (Lily Tomlin) tries to teach Clouseau some simple manners.I've never found Steve Martin's fake accent that funny. The movie has even more fake accents than before. I don't find many things in this movie funny. I love Martin and I don't hate the attempt. I'm just disappointed. The new franchise still misses Cato. In this one, they try to replace him with two little kids. It's not the same thing. Jean Reno is still not funny. The unfunny parts of the movie are the only compelling things. The romance with Nicole and the actual investigation kept me watching but that's not the point of a Pink Panther movie. It's suppose to be funny.

Python Hyena The Pink Panther 2 (2009): Dir: Harold Zwart / Cast: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Alfred Molina, Emily Mortimer, John Cleese: Pitiful sequel where Inspector Jacquac Clouseau is united with a dream team of detectives to solve the thefts regarding The Tornado. Of course, he screws things up unintentionally but the screenplay was screwed up already. Perhaps he should solve the case of the missing good screenwriters. Directed by Harold Zwart who previously made One Night at McCool's and Agent Cody Banks. This is not much of an advancement. Steve Martin returns as Clouseau who is first seen at a demoted job location as a meter maid. He is assigned to this case where he must reclaim the Pink Panther diamond yet again. Martin survives the material with his mishaps and pure luck. Jean Reno returns as his faithful sidekick suffering from a shaky marriage but unfortunately this is a mere afterthought. Emily Mortimer plays Clouseau's assistant / girlfriend. And that is pretty much the height of her involvement. John Cleese is featured as the foil who appoints Clouseau to the case but the role is standard issue. It is obvious that he will witness Clouseau luck out again and solve the case. Alfred Molina is also featured the chief inspector and yet another useless foil. The film is visually well made with a few effective sight jokes yet it is also pointless and an unnecessary sequel. Score: 2 ½ / 10

fedor8 Bumbling like a clown – while solving a case – doesn't make you Clouseau; it makes you an idiot savant. Why on Earth these nincompoops from 21st-century Hollywood studios would want to transform Clouseau from a dim-witted loser to a detective genius is beyond me. Perhaps their writers are too lazy of incompetent to conceive a plot that allows Clouseau to be clumsy AND solve a murder mystery by accident as he always does.The film has the same formula as the 2006 movie; it goes into brief sentimentality after the first hour and then Clouseau inexplicably solves the case yet again on his own, thereby rendering him a genius, not a buffoon. So what's supposed to be so funny in a genius solving a case? The director holds some blame as well. He is clueless about how to do comedy. Even with a top cast he doesn't get good scenes often, partly because he keeps cutting away to other actors' faces after every dumb thing Clouseau says or does – as if by watching their "perplexed" faces (but more bored-looking than confused) the gags will gain in weight. Their faces are often inexpressive, which, if anything, hurts the comedic momentum – when there is any to begin with. Clearly, the actors didn't get much guidance from a director who doesn't know anything about actors. Either that, or he just went through the motions, not particularly concerned about how this movie would end up looking once it's edited and ready for viewing.Martin has the right to change the character a bit to suit his own style. After all, he is so different from Sellers, nobody expects him to do a cheesy imitation. However, does that include talking like a gay man? Occasionally, he talks like he's gay. I'm not even sure he's aware that he doing that. Perhaps that's how he perceives a stereotypical, exaggerated Frenchman i.e. all affected and limp-wristed.

Arnror_II Whyyyyyy!I know that you are funny Steve, and I know that you know what's funny. Having made one of these abominations before, I really thought you would have the good sense to stay clear of any more attempts of making this into something funny. You, Swart, Reno, and whoever wrote this thing, are not a good combination. You should absolve from any future projects together.At some point in making a movie you will get a feeling of it's quality I would think, and in this instance you should have pulled the plug, counted your losses, and kept your honor.Selling honor for money, when you have money, doesn't make sense sir.