Special features for the DVD release include a non-anamorphic gag reel (3:34) as well as two featurettes: “Drama Is Easy…Comedy Is Dangerous” (7:42) and “A Dream Team Like No Other” (13:56). A second disc is also included with the DVD release and features 27 classic Pink Panther cartoons. Even if you don’t care much for the movie, you’ll probably dig it for that alone. Optional subtitles for the shorts are included in French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Personally, I liked it. I’d even watch it again. Kids will undoubtedly enjoy it. Sure, it’s a bit silly even by modern motion picture standards (it plays almost like an early-90s reunion movie from the Family Channel), but it’s still good fun. And as for the Peter Sellers vs. Steve Martin debate, well there’s no cause in comparing and contrasting — you’ll only give yourself a headache (although I firmly believe Stanley Tucci could pull it off like no other). Look at it this way: you might have accidentally purchased a fake Rolex from some guy off the street. It might not be the real McCoy, but at least it keeps perfect time.
And if that horrid attempt at a clever analogy fails, just pinch yourself and keep repeating “There was no Peter Sellers, there was no Peter Sellers…”
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