1976 · comedy · crime
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Directed by Blake Edwards1h 43m1976
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
Our read: The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded comedy · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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