Ludwig

Name: Ludwig
Director: Robert McKillop
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Mystery, Crime/detective
Released: 2024
Cast: David Mitchell, Ralph Ineson, Anna Maxwell Martin

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2024

Drama
Comedy

Summary

Comedy drama starring David Mitchell as puzzle setter John 'Ludwig' Taylor, who helps Cambridge police with cases

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Review

David Brown

Puzzle setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor (David Mitchell) keeps the world at bay within grids. Outside his front door there are messy human beings, but at his desk there are anagrams to devise and cryptic clues to be solved with the gentle scrape of a fountain pen. However, the chaos of life is about to intrude dramatically when John’s sister-in-law Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin) reaches out with news that his identical twin, DCI James Taylor, has disappeared. Her plan? For John to assume his brother’s identity at the Cambridge police station where he’s posted to try to track him down.

As a set-up, it’s one that works for Mitchell, who’s able to react to John’s mission with his patented air of barely contained frantic bafflement. But as a whodunnit, there’s a slight grumble — you’ve probably guessed that John’s ordered mind lends itself well to crime investigation, but unless you’re familiar with the rules and logic of codes, it can be hard to keep pace. And surely part of the fun of detective dramas is playing along?

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8.1/10