Critic Reviews

Wainwright, appropriately low-key, is fine — the least interesting of these actors [as Jules Maigret] to my mind — but if you’re looking for a new detective series set in Budapest-as-Paris, this is nicely made and sufficiently involving, with an excellent supporting cast.

While Monsieur and Madame Maigret make a lovely couple, I wasn't entirely convinced by the rest of Maigret's supporting characters. .... All in all, this updated adaptation of Maigret largely works. It doesn't really offer anything new that other (British) detective dramas haven't offered before.

Mr. Wainwright (imagine the opposite of Rowan Atkinson) plays Maigret at a kind of middle distance from his co-stars. They are delegated to providing the humor, and much of the humanity. .... There are a pleasantly surprising number of directorial flourishes.