No hace mucho vi la versión con Jean Gabin. Esta película para televisión le gana en misterio y en temas de procedimiento policial.
Pierde en sabor francés aunque tenga una excelente factura técnica.
¿Y Atkinson? Pues, y dejando aparte que su físico está bastante alejado de la robustez del personaje, funciona muy bien con su mirada inquisitiva y observadora pero le falta cierta humanidad y empatía que es una de las características de Maigret.

Nicely atmospheric, this third film featuring Rowan Atkinson as Maigret is a tangled tale of gems, Jews and family secrets.

Atkinson is impressive as the chief inspector who is centred and clever, and his thoughtful manner (here contrasted with Kevin McNally's regional plod) gets to the heart of the mystery.

Sarah Harding directs with a sure touch and Hungary passes for the Paris of years past.

Not the sharpest of detective stories, but I'm liking Rowan Atkinson pleasantly enough as Maigret. Just wish the production had been more ambitious to get a rounder feel of it all.

Not having read Georges Simenon (an embarrassing admission) I can't comment on the accuracy of Rowan Atkinson's portrayal of Inspector Maigret, but it's a quiet, subdued performance, meticulous in its underplaying, and ultimately quite dull. He is also prone to give a pause regularly, adding to the snail's pace of this straightforward police procedural which could have easily been wrapped up in half its running time. The real star is the production design, with Budapest standing in for an evocative recreation of early-fifties Paris. Things liven up a bit when the murderer (an eccentric David Dawson) and his mother (a fearsome Fiona Shaw) appear for the last half hour. Generally, though, it's an unrewarding 90 minutes.

The wonky plot spoils this otherwise promising first episode...

Mejor que la anterior. Atkinson está más seguro en su papel y la intriga te tiene enganchado desde el inicio. Y técnicamente es todo muy solvente, con pocas pegas.
Y encima tiene un final, tal vez algo tramposo pero realmente emotivo.
O sea, muy bien.

Far too confusing and drawn out for me, and not enough of Rowan Atkinson's Maigret actually out there sleuthing. Douglas Hodge as yet another low-life was good, though, and the cinematography was nicely atmospheric.

Much prefer Mr Bean doing tragedy rather than comedy ( except maybe Blackadder - and that's kinda a mixture of both anyway )
1 star of Edmund
1 star for Paris

I'm mostly surprised by how much I have already come to like Mr Bean as Maigret. The rest is pretty not bad, but it's an English TV movie made for commercial TV and its sight are clearly set painfully low. Could do better, but already better than Gambon.

Handsomely photographed Parisian scenery in these new Maigret films, and there is a foreboding unpleasantness the crime scenes. I preferred Maigret Sets a Trap, which was a bit more straightforwardly satisfying than Maigret's Dead Man. Rowan Atkinson has found an interesting late career turn as the stoic chief inspector, and looks quite impressive with a pipe. 6.8/10

Mr. Bean transforms himself into the French police detective Maigret and solves a few murders. ITV crime drama. Predictable story, below average sets, but good television nonetheless with Rowan Atkinson looking sharp in the role without needing much effort.

Maigret in Montmartre

Maigret's Night at the Crossroads

Tylko i aż miły odcinek serialu. Bardzo dobry Atkinson ale cała intryga więcej niż przewidywalna.

I'm sorry but isn't this supposed to be FRENCH?

both this and The Spy... watching comedians play a different more serious role is mindfuckinh

Worth a watch.

First one started out OK, but it kind of tailed off with the others. I think the problem is Maigret has no defining characteristics. He's just a dudetective in vintage Britain investigating some rather typical crimes. It's sort of background noise at some point but I guess it was well enough made and Atkinson definitely carried the series some.

Not essential watching, but cool I guess.

film serius mr bean

I'm glad I found these on PBS!

Mejor que la anterior. Atkinson está más seguro en su papel y la intriga te tiene enganchado desde el inicio. Y técnicamente es todo muy solvente, con pocas pegas.
Y encima tiene un final, tal vez algo tramposo pero realmente emotivo.
O sea, muy bien.

No hace mucho vi la versión con Jean Gabin. Esta película para televisión le gana en misterio y en temas de procedimiento policial.
Pierde en sabor francés aunque tenga una excelente factura técnica.
¿Y Atkinson? Pues, y dejando aparte que su físico está bastante alejado de la robustez del personaje, funciona muy bien con su mirada inquisitiva y observadora pero le falta cierta humanidad y empatía que es una de las características de Maigret.

It was alright, but the plot was quite confusing until Maigret explained everything at the end. I now feel like an 80 year old woman for watching this lmao