Son of the Pink Panther (1993)

16% of critics liked it
(19 reviews)
27% of users liked it
(5,120 ratings)

After the death of Peter Sellers in 1980, writer/director Blake Edwards assembled a new "Pink Panther" film from outtakes of Sellers as Inspector Clouseau from previous movies in the series (the result was called The Trail of the Pink Panther) and later made two attempts to revive the series with… More After the death of Peter Sellers in 1980, writer/director Blake Edwards assembled a new "Pink Panther" film from outtakes of Sellers as Inspector Clouseau from previous movies in the series (the result was called The Trail of the Pink Panther) and later made two attempts to revive the series with another actor. In this case, Edwards cast Roberto Benigni as Jacques Gambrelli, a hopelessly inept French policeman who turns out the be the illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau. Gambrelli becomes involved with the investigation of a kidnapping involving the beautiful Princess Yasmin (Debrah Farentino) literally by accident, when he crashes into a car driven by Police Commissioner Dreyfus (Herbert Lom). Gambrelli soon becomes smitten with Yasmin, while the investigation suggests that the kidnapping was set up by her mother, the Queen (Shabana Azmi), and her lover, General Jaffar (Aharon Ipale). Claudia Cardinale who played a different character in the original Pink Panther returns, while Burt Kwouk returns as the violent Korean manservant Cato. Roberto Benigni's Gambrelli proved no more successful at the box office than Ted Wass's Clouseau-like Clifton Sleigh in The Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), though after his multiple-Oscar winning success with 1998's La Vita e Bella, Roberto's probably gotten over it. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 33 min.
Directed By: Blake Edwards
Genres: Comedy

In Theaters: Aug 27, 1993 Wide
On DVD: Jul 26, 2005

Critic Reviews

Charles Cassady, Common Sense Media
Some kids might like so-so Pink Panther.
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
never does it get any more amusing than someone falling down, falling out of a window, or falling off of a bed
Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily
Delivers a surprising amount of laughs. A guilty pleasure much like Edwards' much-maligned Curse of (1983).
Dan Lybarger, Nitrate Online
Benigni tries, but it simply isn't any fun without Peter Sellers.
Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is
oh my
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Ill-fated attempt to re-ignite the Clouseau series ... with Roberto Benigni.
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
What was Blake Edwards thinking? Or was he?
Michael Szymanski, Zap2it.com
What a bore, don't spawn Peter Sellers!
Widgett Walls, Needcoffee.com
Can you say 'cinematic atrocity' boys and girls? I was afraid you could. This has a place in the Sequel-For-Sequel's-Sake Hall of Infamy.

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Featured Audience Ratings

Lucas M

Com toda certeza o pior filme da sÃ (C)rie A Pantera Cor de Rosa.
Byron B

I am surprised this one was made so recently. I liked the opening credits with the animated pink panther brought to life to direct an a cappella performance of his theme song. Unfortunately from there it is just an excuse to milk the franchise for a few more dollars, while the… More
I am surprised this one was made so recently. I liked the opening credits with the animated pink panther brought to life to direct an a cappella performance of his theme song. Unfortunately from there it is just an excuse to milk the franchise for a few more dollars, while the laughs have become very strained. It's also an excuse to bring back the older generation of Lom, Cardinale, and Kwouk. Benigni is explained ridiculously as the son of Jacques Clouseau. So he has a funny Italian accent instead of a funny French accent. He bumbles and stumbles and spouts off Shakespeare and other poets, you know the usual Benigni type humor. Davi is not too bad as a bad guy. And Farentino is quite pretty though often drugged into a stupor as the damsel in distress. The plot is not important in the least and that just makes it all the more sad.
Sunil J

Ten years after Peter Sellers died, Blake Edwards feels the need to make another sequel that is both tactless and unfunny.
Leo L

Benigni is simply fantastic!

Cast

            Roberto Benigni as Jacques Gambrelli

            Herbert Lom as Inspector Dreyfus

            Claudia Cardinale as Maria

            Debrah Farentino as Princess Yasmin

            Jennifer Edwards as Yussa

            Robert Davi as Hans

            Anton Rodgers as Chief Lazar

            Burt Kwouk as Cato

            Graham Stark as Dr. Balls

            Shabana Azmi as The Queen

            Nicoletta Braschi as Jacqueline

            Oliver Cotton as King

            Noel Davis
            
            John Francis as Yacht Captain

            Andrew Hawkins as French Agent

            Aharon Ipalé as General Jaffar

            Joe James as Doctor

            Jacinta Mulcahy as Louise Chauvin

            Nadim Sawalha as Lugash Agent

            Liz Smith as Madame Balls

            Mike Starr as Hanif

            Savant Tanney
            
            Buddy Uzzaman as Wasim

            Bill Wallis as President

            Dermot Crowley as Francois

            Mark Schneider as Arnon

            Steven Crossley as Reporter

            Henry Goodman as Anchorman Andre

            Jon Paul Morgan as Colonel Al-Durai

            Nancy Klopper
            
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