Critic Reviews
36
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
positive
3(10%)
mixed
14(47%)
negative
13(43%)
Showing 30 Critic Reviews
75
If you liked the first then you are going to like this one as Clouseau is offensive and outrageous, which is a perfect fit for one of the "Wild and Crazy Guys."
67
Provides genial chuckles, but it's never excitingly rude.
63
The results are, quite surprisingly, fairly charming.
60
Martin starts at the outrageous accent and spins out from there, and that's fine for this. And there are a few snicker-worthy scenes.
60
Serves up enough goofy pranks and fractured wordplay to keep the series purring along.
50
Peter Sellers was a genius who somehow made Inspector Clouseau seem as if he really were helplessly incapable of functioning in the real world and somehow incapable of knowing that. Steve Martin is a genius, too, but not at being Clouseau. It seems more like an exercise.
50
Nothing is harder and more elusive than successful slapstick onscreen. Nothing.
50
Level of humor: subteen.
50
A forgettable waste of time.
50
Plays like an undeserved victory lap for a series that only limped to the finish line the last time.
