Excellent but underrated film

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

I've never written a review have no idea how to except I have to say something here... I've watched so many series over the years.... Spiral... is my favorite ever... it's the whole package done in excellence...Crime... Detectives... the Judicail system ... the character development.... these relationships ... are very real to life in that they are not glamorized... they're raw... the acting of the main cast... I feel like I know them in a way if they don't have season 7 I'll go into such a disappointment I'll never get over it!! Really give Spiral a chance to unfold before you, you'll be hooked soon!!

Rarely have I seen such magnificent "method acting" on TV...sensational Gilou is an absolute revelation & probably the best acting I have seen since very early De Niro! Gobsmacking TV

I just watched the Pilot... " The victim that had her face bashed up is blond, has a manicure, must have been beautiful, comes from Eastern Europe(Romania or Poland)...conclusion: SHE MUST BE A PROSTITUTE." What?!!!Really, that's your conclusion? So, when I went on a trip to Paris a few years back, if I would have ended up dead in a ditch, with my face shattered, and a "good manicure"...the French Police would have come, they would have looked at me(what was left of me anyway), checked my ID, they would have scratched their heads and said: "Oh, good, just one less Romanian prostitute!"Oh, but wait, not just one of the characters thinks that all blond Eastern European women with "good manicures" are prostitutes, we have another police guy to reinforce that.Moving on...the victim was actually a Romanian Biology student. Moving on...no she was not...she was a prostitute. She was a prostitute that was studying Biology. How would you like this: " The victim is kind of libidinous...OH, he must be French!" That wouldn't be nice would it?You just have to love narrow-minded people that use offensive generalizations. They manage to touch so many people.So I am not going to use your method, guy ... I don't have a message for all the French people...no...just for you: You should check your family tree dude! Your mother must have come from Eastern Europe too.

I never give 10, but this is superior TV. We watch it two episodes at a time, evening after evening. It is riveting. Some of the action sequences, usually police raids, are deftly directed (including by a woman director) and have you on the edge of your seat. Again, in the fourth season, the remarkable Caroline Proust (who plays Laure Berthaud) is tormented by a love triangle. The magnificent (fore and aft) Audrey Fleurot (who plays Josephine Karlsson) manages to get herself flung into prison. The nice guy (and longest-standing character) Fred Bianconi (who plays Fromentin) gets shot and starts losing his mind. Gilou (Thierry Godard) gets in another hopeless scrape. Yes, it's all going on in Spiral and the audience can't get enough. Okay, Breaking Bad had its moments, but the story got a bit ridiculous and never showed any teamwork the way Spiral does. I just hope they can talk Caroline Proust into another season, along with Audrey and all the rest. I can't wait.