SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

ScoobyWell Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

MonsterPerfect Good idea lost in the noise

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

transformer-21213 I watch a lot of these cop shows from Europe most of them are very good but the one thing that always amazes me is that they try to make it realistic. That being said why with all the driving they do from town to town kilometers of driving never once do stop for petrol why is that.

theedeannareilly Kenneth Branagh is a masterful performer (Henry V) one of my favorite to this day- in such a low budget, he (and others)acted that movie to greatness. I never knew of this series till I was recently speaking of him to some others after seeing him. I was told he was on Wallander. I was sad to know I had missed supporting his career in this, but excited, because I loved Henning Mankell (read Before the Frost first - wow!). Kenneth Branagh and Mankell!!! I was on board, recently started at the beginning and His acting was Excellent!!! Thank you Kenneth,BBC, and Henning!!! Great Acting truly is an art to be appreciated!!! He has always inspired me and would love to see him in more top roles. I love his producing and directing also.

SnoopyStyle Kurt Wallander (Kenneth Branagh) is a police detective in Ystad, Sweden. He struggles with his inner demons as he solves disturbing crimes. He has troubled family relationships with daughter Linda and father Povel.Branagh is superb as this world weary character. He is a deeper character than the usual TV detective. In fact, these are cinematic visually and in tone. They have more in common with theatrical movies than TV shows. They are each a separate movie, three in a series and four series in total. The main thing that throws me off is the show's Swedish identity. I often forget that at the start of each episode. It would be easier to just set this in northern Scotland and all the British actors speaking English won't throw me.

antonella If you like the genre, you will be absolutely astonished and overwhelmed by these 4 series of BBC TV production of Inspector Wallander, based on the brilliant and highly appreciated novels written by the gifted and much loved Swedish writer Henning Mankell, whom I personally sadly and deeply miss, since the very first day after his death. It is a very high quality product, from every point of view. The producers, the director, and every single actor involved in the making of these fantastic series have given their best in order to offer a really special final result. And what can be said about Kenneth Branagh that hasn't still been said? I have to say that as far as I'm concerned, the success of this project has basically been achieved thanks to him. He always works at his best, this is not new. But probably this work is something he has strongly loved and wanted. And everyone can see it just from the beginning of the very first episode of the first series. Good job, man, very well done!!!!