Inspector Clouseau 1968 by AverageMansReviews

Inspector Clouseau 1968 by AverageMansReviews

Previously instalment: A Shot in the Dark 1964/1965 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-shot-in-dark-19641965-by.html

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/drugs/impaling/sinking

The British need the French detective: briefly; the British bring in Inspector Jacques Clouseau [Alan Arkin/other characters and performers:] he is a clumsy French detective that has been brought in, because of this serious crime and trying to prevent this potential even bigger crime

Generally speaking: the art in the opening credits is always pleasant to see and experience and this doesn't change in this instalment, the storyline/script is something safe and reliable, but the framework and pacing of this project feels really slow and stretched out to the point where two things happen; 1. This film feels much longer like 120 minutes easily, when in reality it is just 96 minutes long and 2. Predominately the comedy sometimes doesn't have a certain punch or snap or enthusiasm consequently that leaves our Inspector/Arkin carrying or/and making this film work as best as he can.

Comedy, action and art; well to start off when we have these two characters in this room [office] sharing this dialogue exchange and simultaneously slowly moving around this room; a piece of dialogue and move and repeat the cycle throughout this scene; is a mess for me, I mean I get it, I understand the concept and the partial elegance of this; but it is extremely dry which as I have already eluded to this really doesn't help the framework and pacing of this movie, but at least we get a type of James Bond 007 interpretation where our Inspector gets all of these gadgets, where he accidentally but with great purpose shoot somebody is meant to shoot kind of as in they were about to shoot him, so he got there first even though it was by accident or/and this slightly long, but with a massive difference of being enthusiastic; where our Inspector runs into this location wanting to defuse the bomb, but as always with the Inspector things don't always work out or go according to plan as they should do, the set designs, wardrobe and accessories are of very good quality.

Character developments and performances; to begin with broadly speaking; the character types and subsequently performances were/are solid versions of what they were going for here; I generally felt a little bit sorry Alan Arkin as Inspector Jacques Clouseau, he did a good job as the Inspector on both counts; be it character developments or/and performance... he just wasn't Peter Sellers and as Sellers had very clearly made this role is very own, to anyone good carrying the mantle [at this time Sellers was off filming another film; The Party 1968.]

This film receives: 3/10, this film is poor; don't get me wrong as you can read it does have good things about it, but I don't know what went wrong with this movie, but everything it ran off as I have already indicated just went so badly and what really made my mind up to assign this film this mark is I didn't fall asleep once... but twice, so after that including the fact that the person I watch some of this content with also struggled to stay awake and it really became a chore for me; it is really the only mark I could give after everything is said and done.