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The Pink Panther (2006) (***/*****)
A lot of times, comedies aren't that great. They throw in all of the funny scenes in to a trailer, leaving nothing redeeming in the movie itself, and hope for big box office numbers. They get money, regardless of if the film is considered "funny" or not afterwards. Just look at Date Movie. The Wayan Bros. are complete hacks in my mind, just look at their new movie. It's shameful.
Anyways, I was getting to the point that this movie does not suffer from that. In fact, every scene I laughed out loud at (not a lot, but hey...) was not even glimpsed at in the trailer - and those shown in it happened to be some of the more generic and bland laughs. So I was glad for that.
Also a few scenes in the movie made me wonder if I had accidently stumbled into the deleted scenes. They were pointless, unessacary, and not even that funny. The scene where he causes a city-wide blackout served no purpose and could have been cut in to the film at ANY point. That would have made a decent TV spot, because it's a standalone.
Steve Martin is one of the better actors in comedy today, not the best but I would consider him up there. Of course I don't count Will Farrel as a comedy actor because I simply despise everything he's in for the sheer fact he is not funny, just stupid and he annoys me. But hey, seems people like that. Whatever. I'll get to the point - he does a great job in this movie. Completely unlike anything he has done in the past,t hat I have seen. His accent is amazing, and I was suprised he kept it intact completely through the film. I won't compare him to Peter Sellers, because I haven't seen any of his work. But I'd say he did a good job regardless.
If you like comedies, check it out. Not sure if I could reccomend it otherwise. Not a real big fan of this type of stuff myself anyway. It kept me entertained, but then again - I got a little tired throughout. I thank the 90m time limit, though.
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