Critic/commentator Dave White on Steve Martin's recent film career.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28981274/

To add to the above, here's this zinger of an opener from THE ORLANDO SENTINEL's Roger Moore in his review of THE PINK PANTHER 2 [full disclosure: I thought the first film surprisingly not bad--certainly better than the long-running series' nadir, Blake Edwards' 1993 son-of-Clouseau swansong with Roberto Benigni]:
Someday, we'll stroll through the Steve Martin Wing of The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, admiring his collection, and we'll appreciate what he had to do to pay for his Picassos, Seurats and Edward Hoppers.
Until then, we endure the Cheaper by the Dozens and Pink Panthers with a grimace, remembering the comic he once was.

Although Martin's now the Bob Hope of his generation, perhaps it's better that he's making formula comedies than preserving his high-art muse on film--considering what a dry, parched endurance test that SHOPGIRL (based on Martin's novella of the same name) was.