Der rosarote Panther

Dieser Film ist mein zweitbeliebtestes Werk von der ganzen Panther-Serie. Dabei gibt es zwischen ihm und den folgenden Filmen, in denen Inspektor Clouseau auf Hochtouren tobt, sehr viele Unterschiede. Peter Sellers hat zweifellos eine legendäre Figur geschaffen. Gleichzeitig wäre es aber ungerecht, das Zusammenspiel von David Niven und Claudia Cardinale (die Flirtszene am Abend ist sehr schön), die anmutige Capucine in der Rolle von Clouseaus Ehefrau (die geduldigste Frau im ganzen bekannten Universum), das großartige Finale in Masken und die Tierautoverfolgung, welche auch die mumifizierten Zuschauer*innen zum Lachen bringt, zu vergessen. (02.11.2014)

I never got attached to the introduction of the series because it simply doesn't belong to the Clouseau series. It is just a slightly mediocre crime comedy with an unremarkable cast, where Peter Sellers steals all the attention, whom I don't laugh at as much as I feel sorry for him, for having such a witch by his side. The joke comes at the end, the car chase with the zebras is unforgettable. (30.04.2006)

Sellers is delicate from his first appearance, Niven is extremely charismatic and Claudia Cardinale is beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, but the best moments of Commissar Clouseau are yet to come. The pilot puts him too much in the background and his story is not one of those that we would happily devour and whose jokes we would tell to our friends the next day... 65% (13.04.2013)

Even after all these years, The Pink Panther still gets me. It's not that the story is absolutely brilliant, although it's not bad, but it's the fact that the acting is absolutely superb, essentially in every role. Peter Sellers may not stand out as much here, but that's okay because Niven, Cardinale, Capucine, and Wagner are equally fantastic. (04.11.2016)