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The movie was just fun. I'm a huge fan of slapstick and goofy humor. Well this is a movie just full of it. I took my nine year old daughter with me, who like a lot of the children I know really like Steve Martin. Well we both laughed a lot and sometimes out loud, especially me. It was opening night and the theater was almost full. There were lots of people laughing during this movie. It was a crowd of all ages and at the end there was applause. I'm not gonna give some long drawn out analysis of the movie and compare it to the original series or any other movies for that matter. I will just say that I was very skeptical about a new Pink Panther movie and just assumed this would be a stupid bomb. Well I must say it was stupid funny and like a bomb it was explosively funny. I'm glad I saw a clip on the Letterman show that sparked my interest. Steve Martin and Kevin Kline were downright funny.

As a father it's always fun to take your kids to a movie where you can both laugh out loud and enjoy without having to worry about foul language, nudity or violence. If you want to go see a serious movie full of the hardships of life then go see one of the Oscar nominated pictures. If you just want to go and have some simple fun with one of your kids, your spouse or a friend, then allow yourself the time to see why Steve Martin is still one of America's best funny men.

I thought this was a fun movie. I thoroughly enjoyed the slapstick and the acting. I was really impressed with Tea Leoni. She wasn't afraid to take chances and look goofy in parts. Alec Baldwin as always was a hoot. He is one of my favorite character actors. I believe his Saturday Night Live shows that he has hosted are among the funniest they've ever done. From beginning to end his skits are always funny. Whether he does comedy or drama, like his great performance in "The Cooler", he is just plain fun to watch. Jim Carrey is his old self and seems to have fun with his role. There was a scene where it seemed like a highlight reel of his special goofy comedic talents just like the interview scene in "Mrs. Doubtfire" when Robin Williams performed one impression after the other. I enjoyed it. This movie wasn't meant to be taken seriously which was what my wife and I wanted when we went to see it. We've had enough drama in our life recently and just wanted to laugh. This movie did that for us. I've read that the previews showed too many of the funny moments. We never saw any previews but I believe there were way more than two minutes of laughs in this movie.