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Name: Papillon
Released: 2018-8-24
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Yorick van Wageningen, Roland Møller, Tommy Flanagan

Papillon

R
2h 13m
2018

52%

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Based on the international best-selling autobiographical books "Papillon" and "Banco," this action-packed true story follows the epic life of Henri "Papillon" Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega (Rami Malek), who in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon's escape. This film is a thrilling adventure and a powerful portrait of the resilience of the human spirit, even in the face of utter inhumanity.

Director:

Michael Noer

Producer:

Joey McFarland, David Koplan, Ram Bergman, Roger Corbi

Writer:

Aaron Guzikowski, Henri Charriere

Cast:

Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Yorick van Wageningen, Roland Møller, Tommy Flanagan, Eve Hewson

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

52%

Critics Consensus: Papillon puts its own well-acted, solidly produced spin on a previously adapted tale, although it suffers in comparison to the 1973 version.

Reviews

Drink in the Movies

Taylor Baker

The slapstick and Hollywood set found in the original are swapped out for a more authentic, uncomfortable, and claustrophobic interpretation.

August 19, 2021

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Battleship Pretension

Jim Rohner

It's an impressive sequence, but too little too late and shortly thereafter thoroughly undercut by an unearned saccharine conclusion and bad old age makeup. Papillon may have escaped but the viewer is still punished...

April 14, 2021

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Richard Crouse

Gets much right and features nice performances from the leads but feels like an unnecessary revamping of the story.

March 4, 2021

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KSDK News (St. Louis)

Dan Buffa

Papillon doesn't have many new tricks up his sleeve when it comes to prison escape tales, but it does have above-average acting and a quiet soulfulness about it.

The circuitousness of Guzikowski's script doesn't pay off like a series of obstacles, but instead like a list of chores.

July 25, 2020

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