Praise for the "darkly comic caper", as Keith Watson described it for Metro,[REF] centred around both the moody, heavily stylised visual feel of the overall production and the contrasting comic chemistry between its two leads.
Veteran TV writer Clive James of The Daily Telegraph said The Wrong Mans is "highly recognisable, as if it had been designed to fulfill all the requirements of British screen comedy.. Remember Morecambe and Wise on the Riviera?