☆ ☆ ½
Maigret Sets a Trap (2016) – A. Pearce
Matlock! Uh, I mean, I chose this TV movie starring
Rowan Atkinson as Inspector Maigret because I was looking for something easy on
the brain (or because I am old). But it
was so unchallenging as to be rather a waste of time, in fact. Atkinson shows nothing of his verbal or
physical wit (from either Blackadder or Mr. Bean) and seems to be purposefully
underplaying instead. The setting in 1950s Paris is nicely art-directed and the
story from Georges Simenon is perhaps clever enough – the clues take a while to
show up but after they do, Maigret is all over them, yielding a conclusion that
would be hard to otherwise deduce. Not sure I need to watch the other episode on
the DVD (from the library).
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