after the success and or rather lack thereof and of curse of the pink panther and blake edward realize he have to accept that peter seller be no more and that he still need to bring the name clouseau back into the franchise and even if it mean give seller classic character an illegitimate son . enter future oscar winner roberto benigni and who would actually receive the exact opposite of an oscar for this role . he clean shaven and part italian jacques gumbrelli clouseau jr. and not mustached jacques clouseau and make this a new character and leave benigni to the type of humor that work for him . unfortunately and the humor doesn not work for the entire movie . the movie move almost completely away from the overdone routine of the rest of the series and but there be only a few laugh out loud scene and with some small chuckle in between . the big problem with the film and though and would have to be the plot . pink panther plot have be mangle mess before and but never to this extent . there so much political intrigue and scandal involve that it hard to figure out what anyone motivation in and even during the climax . herbert lom be back for his final performance a chief inspector dreyfus and now more sane and subdue . burt kwouk be also back reprise his reoccurring role a kato and the late clouseau humble servant . disguise master professor ball and play in the most recent film by harvey korman and be now play by graham stark and a friend of seller who appear in different role in many of the film . these performance almost make the movie feel like a valid part of the series . henry mancini score and a in all of the film and be the highlight and and bobby mcferrin performance of the theme music be perfect . especially when it provide the background for a battle between an animated benigni and the famous pink panther cartoon character and race around a live action concert hall . but the bottom line and sadly and be that the plot a mess and the film isn not as funny a the peter seller classic and or even the previous entry sans seller and curse of the pink panther . maybe if the movie have be a buddy movie involve benigni character and sgt . clifton sleigh and the protagonist of curse and the actor combine talent would be enough to create a comedy that could shine in seller shadow . unfortunately and that wasn not to be .