Clouseau's

In his first three outings, we couldn't wait for Clouseau to walk into something, trip, fall down stairs, break something, or blow himself up because it was funny and because it was the inevitable result of Clouseau's vanity and over-confidence.

Clouseau vs. Clouseau 2009

Clouseau's pain and humiliation continued the joke and set up the punchline, which was that he ignores them.

Clouseau vs. Clouseau 2009

Without a formidable crime to solve, the other three supposedly formidable detectives have nothing to do but stand there and gape in amazement and horror at Clouseau's bumbling.

Lance Mannion: 2009

Noisy, grotesque, and deliberately obnoxious, as if both Sellers and Clouseau's creator, writer and director Blake Edwards, were in a conspiracy to make the audience hate Clouseau, these are terrible movies built around Sellers half-hearted efforts at parodying himself.

Clouseau vs. Clouseau 2009

As Clouseau's suave, hot-blooded Italian romantic rival, Andy Garcia looks shockingly seedy and past it.

Clouseau vs. Clouseau 2009

Noisy, grotesque, and deliberately obnoxious, as if both Sellers and Clouseau's creator, writer and director Blake Edwards, were in a conspiracy to make the audience hate Clouseau, these are terrible movies built around Sellers half-hearted efforts at parodying himself.

Lance Mannion: 2009

In his first three outings, we couldn't wait for Clouseau to walk into something, trip, fall down stairs, break something, or blow himself up because it was funny and because it was the inevitable result of Clouseau's vanity and over-confidence.

Lance Mannion: 2009

Clouseau's pain and humiliation continued the joke and set up the punchline, which was that he ignores them.

Lance Mannion: 2009

Without a formidable crime to solve, the other three supposedly formidable detectives have nothing to do but stand there and gape in amazement and horror at Clouseau's bumbling.

Clouseau vs. Clouseau 2009

As Clouseau's suave, hot-blooded Italian romantic rival, Andy Garcia looks shockingly seedy and past it.

Lance Mannion: 2009