I like watching Gérard Depardieu lumbering about in movies. Before I really knew him I saw DANTON (1983) and I was amazed by how this bear of a man filled the screen. He was incandescent. I have since seen him in many roles where he has outshone the other cast members. MAIGRET is a good looking film and the set up is interesting but it was sooo very disappointing. It just peters out to something neither dramatic or of any kind of consequence. We were left asking each other, 'So, that's it?'. I was expecting so much more. A twist perhaps? I understand the character is a much loved fictional French detective but he's no Poirot! At least not as depicted in this movie.
Review of Maigret
