I remember about one year ago HBO made a film called "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers," which I loved, but my dad refused to watch it. I asked him why and he told me that he cannot stand watching someone try to be Peter Sellers. I agree with my dad, but I don't think Geoffrye Rush did too bad a job. Steve Martin on the other hand didn't even come close. Though Steve Martin can be VERY funny he needs to stop doing family comedies. "Cheaper by the Dozen" may have served him well, but when you compare that to such films as "Loony Tunes: Back in Action," "Cheaper by the Dozen 2," and now "The Pink Panther" you can tell that kids movies aren't exactly his thing. I'm not saying he should abandon doing films that could be rated 'PG,' but he should return to doing films like "Father of the Bride" and "The Three Amigos."

The Pink Panther is one of the most valuable diamonds in the world and it has been stolen! Who better to call to solve the case than bumbling detective Inspector Jaques Clouseau? At least this is CHief Inspector Dreyfus' thoughts when he hears that he has nabbed his eighth Medal of Honor Nomination (In seven nominations he had never won) against a nun. He figures that if he hires an idiot to solve the case of the Pink Panther, Dreyfu can solve the case on his own and look like a hero compared to Clouseau.

Though parts of this film are funny the humor is nothing compared to that created by comic geniuses Peter Sellers and Blake Edwards. Also, a note to parents, this film should have been rated PG-13. The crude humor in this film, though funny, was over the top and too risque for a PG rated film. I'm not exactly sure what the writers of this film were thinking when they took on the job of re-creating the world of The Pink Panther, but their heads were not in the right place. The old films were able to have you rolling around on the floor laughing, without having to resort to Crude and Sexual Humor.

As I said last week, some films should never be made. In this case some films should never be REmade. I'm not saying the film wasn't funny, I'm just saying that no ammount of comedy could ever come close to reflecting the original Blake Edwards' Pink Panther.

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