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Critic Reviews
Jun 11, 2021
Season 2 Review:
It is that rare and precious thing, an action blockbuster for grown-ups. In fairness, the storytelling in Lupin doesn’t have quite the same taut precision as, say, The Parallax View. ... Even at its weakest, though, the show is so much more exciting than almost anything else on TV. Its glitz and gloss are immersive, its pace propulsive, its twists thrilling.
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RogerEbert.comJan 8, 2021
Season 1 Review:
“Lupin” is as patient as it is smart, and its plot twists like melted railroad tracks. And yet the narrative train, through some tight savvy editing, always exits on the other side of the tunnel. ... “Lupin” is not only totally addictive, it’s the first great television show of 2021.
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Jun 9, 2021
Season 2 Review:
There are cracks in this too-flashy veneer that appear with the application of pressure. Some imperfections, though, don’t detract from the gravitational force of Omar Sy’s star power, from the healing escapism of the Parisian settings or the show’s satisfying propulsion.
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Jan 25, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The performances and the production — it has that particularly European quality of feeling natural even when it gets stylish — keep the series warm even as the plot is made up of Rube Goldberg contraptions that require everything to go right at just the right time and for human psychology to be 100% predictable.
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Jan 25, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The story bounces around in time, not only showing us Assane’s childhood before and after Babakar’s death, but revisiting aspects of each heist afterward to reveal exactly how he pulled it off. (In that respect, Leterrier’s experience directing the first Now You See Me film comes in very handy.) This kind of fractured narrative could easily get confusing, but the story itself has so much energy that it all flows together nicely.
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The Daily BeastJan 19, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Though the show’s have-vs-have-nots dynamics aren’t handled with great subtlety—the rich are mostly presented as condescending, ruthless, and self-interested cartoons, particularly Hubert—they provide a welcome measure of real-world conflict to Assane’s fantastical adventure.
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ColliderJul 13, 2021
Season 2 Review:
Lupin Part 2 feels at some level like it's always running forward at the breathless pace I appreciated about the first part. But if you look close enough, as the end-of-episode twists keep imploring us to do, it starts to feel like a treadmill, a "one step forward, two steps back" storytelling crutch. ... Ultimately, these two impulses — sparkly plot fun and deeper character pathos — fuse together and result in a final episode that easily impresses as one of the best of the still-young series.
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Oct 6, 2023
Season 3 Review:
While its dramatic elements don’t always coalesce, its action and winding plot almost never slow down. Omar Sy’s effortless charm and the show’s unyielding momentum make each heist scene enormously entertaining – even when (hell, especially when) we see each one played back a second time, revealing the tricks we missed.
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Oct 5, 2023
Sep 29, 2023
Season 3 Review:
Sure, the family drama feels stretched too thin at points when the resolution is nigh-on inevitable from the opening frame of the premiere, and some of the extended scenes set in the past overstay both their frequency and welcome, but it’s hard not to get swept up in the joy of Lupin for the third time in a row.
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IndieWireJun 11, 2021
Season 2 Review:
The more serious dramatic hairpin turns of Part 2 ring a little false. “Lupin” isn’t a show with enough commitment to make Assane’s exploits work on a level beyond mischief. When things veer toward potential legitimate bloodshed, the show feels out of its depth. It’s a shame, because “Lupin” works at its most whimsical.
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