Most critics like Lupin and the agreement is close. Eight of ten reviews are positive, none negative, and nearly every one of them lands on the same name: Omar Sy, whose swagger and charm as Assane Diop carry scene after scene. The reviews call the series stylish, propulsive and entertaining, and several say the heists work because the writing gives the schemes an emotional footing in Assane’s history and in a serious treatment of racism. The i Paper finds the third season gains depth from his family backstory.
The reservations cluster around plot. Even the warm reviews admit the logic skips steps, and the two mixed notices, from The Hollywood Reporter and IndieWire, go further: the former doubts whether there is enough substance to sustain the show, the latter finds the second part weighed down by its sprawling revenge story and too many twists. The Ringer adds that the secondary characters are thin. Nobody disputes the pleasure.