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...STRANGE, but the Pink Panther is a very controversial animal. Sample a random number of reasonably intelligent people on what they think of these stupid Blake Edwards movies and you'll get replies ranging from, "I sleep through them" to "What wonderful pictures! Real fun and unpretentious, you know?" Although more boneheaded "auteurist" cinema scholars--Blake Edwards fans all--could probably give you a shot-by-shot analysis of this unsubtle director's technique, most critics will find it hard to be objective about Revenge of the Pink Panther. So much depends on one's mood, the setting, the company...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Panther Puree | 8/18/1978 | See Source »

Cinema 57--Stuart St.--Revenge of the Pink Panther, 1:30, 3:30, 5:45, 8, 10. Cinema 57 II--Grease...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FILM | 8/11/1978 | See Source »

Child guidance is suggested here: some scenes may not be suitable for adults. But for those who suspect maturity is not worth the barbiturates, the new Pink Panther is first-class folderol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bright Clouseau | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

...Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau has never been balmier, and Dyan Cannon gives new blouse to the word blowsy as a sharpshooting businessman's castoff mistress. The movie has more plot than Birth of a Nation, and there is no sign anywhere (save during the credits) of a panther; but those who have battered their thought processes through four previous PPs could care less: they just want more, if possible without paraquat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bright Clouseau | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

...detectives (Herbert Lom), driven crazy by Clouseau, is asked to deliver the eulogy. He hates Clouseau so much that as he speaks his shoulders shake and his face contorts. The mourners interpret these convulsions as grief, but we know the man is giggling. Really dedicated Panther degenerates refuse to leave the theater when the lights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bright Clouseau | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

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