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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinNot unfunny, and not really an offense to the memory of Inspector Clouseau, it's merely a movie with very little reason to exist.
- 50Miami HeraldBill CosfordMiami HeraldBill CosfordThis is mildly amusing, and the scenes with Niven -- his last, and reportedly dubbed by impressionist Rich Little when Niven's illness had taken the strength from his voice -- are poignant. But there is no restoring the force that made the earlier Panthers work. [12 Aug 1983, p.C5]
- 40NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenA dispiriting attempt to wring a last gasp of mirth from an already dangerously overextended series. [22 Aug 1983, p.73]
- 37Washington PostGary ArnoldWashington PostGary ArnoldEdwards persists in the missing-person subterfuge in Curse while avoiding the blatant outrage of recycling old footage under false pretenses. He's shot new footage this time, but that technicality hasn't prevented it from feeling depleted and secondhand. [17 Aug 1983, p.B6]
- 25The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenAll that's missing are the laughs. In their place, we get wall-to-wall predictability. [13 Aug 1983]
- 20IGNIGNMaybe if it looked like Edwards cared about the movie it might have been something more. Even so, without Clouseau, what The Curse of the Pink Panther brings us is staged prop humor, and a number of indignities courtesy of the make-up and wardrobe departments.
- 0TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineAn aesthetically contemptible, crassly commercial work.