Maigret Sets a Trap (2016)

Wow! Such a good movie.

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

This version of Maigret sets a trap is just not good enough to rate comparison with the famous Delannoy film of 1957, with its starry cast of Gabin, Desailly, Girardot and Bogaert. Rowan Atkinson, a considerable comic actor, is simply not up to playing Maigret: they have given him a pipe and a helpful wife but it's just not Maigret! Only David Dawson as Moncin and Fiona Shaw as his mother have done any effective work, as people who have been pushed to the limits of sanity. The Budapest locations are effective enough, as the Prague ones had been in the Bruno Cremer series. Camera work and music are appropriate, just the acting by most of the cast is not up to standard.

One must see it for the realness and crime faced by normal human detectives not sm1 like holmes depicted now a days

Since this is my first Maigret I was impressed with the film. I think it is amazing how nice everything looks, especially the costumes and cars, the details are astounding! I can't comment on music, as I didn't even notice it, was too mesmerized by the image and story. Maybe some scenes were too long, but in general it was of a right length. I am a big fan of Rowan Atkinson, since The Blackadder series so I may be biased, but I really enjoyed this crime series. I remember when I was younger I even adored Murder She Wrote :)). Anyway, it's nothing like Cumberbatch' Sherlock, but it has it's own charm, I highly recommend it! I believe we can never have enough murder mysteries!! I'm off to watch Gambon's Maigret now, see what the fuss is all about! Cheers!

This is a detective drama that puts Rowan Atkinson back on TV on a current role: chief investigator Maigret.I found this to be not trilling, not dramatic and quite predictable. Rowan does not convince me has a detective. Not because any comedy association I could have made with his persona but because the character its not there. I really enjoyed his performance in Keeping mum (2005) witch had nothing of is physical comedy so I watched this with no reservations what so ever. But I found him blank. Has some other characters has well. His "deduction skills" are not there, are not brilliant or admirable, they just pop-up like if written in a convenient script. I don't believe this Maigret stories were the best choice for a TV show, because this one seems very beat and predictable. The action is set on France - Maigred is a french detective - the crimes happen in french locations, the newspapers, the postcards on the streets, everything is in french. Yet, they all speak English. Witch is fine... if they had let this extras and the music be English to! Goof: When the press reporters follow Maigret up the stairs and inside the police department, they all stop by a glass door. Before the police crosses the door it says: "brigade criminale" after it reads "Police judiciaire" - witch by they way, is the expression Maigret uses at least one time to present himself. Again... french expressions in English context. Kind of weird. I know this is a one-hero show but I also disliked the importance the director gave to Atckison's character. Did Rowan really had to be on screen almost every time? Too exaggerated. His wife was also unnecessary in the story, because the director fails to deliver the importance of their accomplice relationship. I found the ending terrible cliché and it re-forced the impression the TV movie/series gave me that it was all about the star behind the role. Far from Poirot(its even an insult to make such a comparison), with a poor direction and many characters portrayed has caricatures but watchable. Positive aspects: Inspector Lognon. Almost without lines in the movie but it was the first character I was not able to dodge my eyes from. Good cinematography and nice but not flawless time reconstitution.