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“rien qu’au bout d’un quart d’heure ! et la suite des évènements ne fait que confirmer ce triste état de fait. Tout y est en effet sans relief et sans génie, tout baigne dans la médiocrité”
Broyax · Metacritic ↗
“The movie is a bit long but never boring.”
ProfAmateur · Metacritic ↗
“Might be a bit slowed paced for some”
Ralfbergs · Metacritic ↗
“overly long run time and slow pace”
imthenoob · Metacritic ↗
“So much of this film could have been edited down”
imthenoob · Metacritic ↗
“Especially that near 20 minutes long solitary confinement scene”
imthenoob · Metacritic ↗
Read 28 Aug 2026 · confidence 25% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
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“Noer isn’t interested in the pulpy, wannabe mythic journey of Papillon when there’s a meatier through-line highlighting our humanity in dire straits. Rather than make his film about how far our bodies can go, he seeks to portray the lengths are hearts will.”
Jared Mobarak, The Film Stage · 75
“As director Michael Noer struggles to tease a theme out of a string of exploits, Papillon remains as entertaining as ever.”
Kate Taylor, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) · 75
“It is an impressively staged and appropriately rain-soaked, mud-splattered, bone-crunching tale, more violent and filled with rougher language than its predecessor, if not quite as powerful or moving.”
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times · 75
“On its own terms, Noer’s adventure is ultimately a dramatic and dynamic-enough telling of an indelible fact-based story to connect with viewers.”
Dennis Harvey, Variety · 70
“This new version, directed by Danish filmmaker Michael Noer, brings to the story a refreshing intensity and sweep, and even a sense of adventure.”
Bilge Ebiri, Village Voice · 70
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 28 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
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“rien qu’au bout d’un quart d’heure ! et la suite des évènements ne fait que confirmer ce triste état de fait. Tout y est en effet sans relief et sans génie, tout baigne dans la médiocrité”
Broyaxabout 0–25% inread it ↗
“The movie is a bit long but never boring.”
ProfAmateurabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“Might be a bit slowed paced for some”
Ralfbergsabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“overly long run time and slow pace”
imthenoobabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“Grim and authentic telling of Henri "Papillon" Charrière's time at Devil's Island. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (Planet Of The Apes/Patton), Papillon is adapted for the screen by Dalton Trumbo & Lorenzo Semple Jr. from notorious French felon Henri "Papillon" Charrière's own novel. It stars Steve McQueen (Papillon) & Dustin Hoffman (Louis Dega), is primarily shot in Jamaica & Spain with Fred J. Koenekamp (The Towering Inferno) on photography duties and Jerry Goldsmith provides the score.”
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“Grim and authentic telling of Henri "Papillon" Charrière's time at Devil's Island. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (Planet Of The Apes/Patton), Papillon is adapted for the screen by Dalton Trumbo & Lorenzo Semple Jr. from notorious French felon Henri "Papillon" Charrière's own novel. It stars Steve McQueen (Papillon) & Dustin Hoffman (Louis Dega), is primarily shot in Jamaica & Spain with Fred J. Koenekamp (The Towering Inferno) on photography duties and Jerry Goldsmith provides the score. ”
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“Although present for much of the filming, author Henri Charriere didn't live to see the release of PAPILLON (1973), which was based on his allegedly autobiographical novel. The veracity of what he recounts has been questioned virtually since the books' release in 1969, and the film takes further liberties, leaving one to wonder if this adventure picture is more fiction than fact. What one doesn't have to wonder about, however, are the results achieved by an underrated director at the top of his ”
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“_**The living hell of a penal colony in equatorial South America during the 30s**_ Henri Charrière’s account of his experiences from 1933-1945 involving the penal colony of Cayenne in French Guiana, South America, are chronicled, including solitary confinement, escape attempts, dwelling with Goajira Indians (in northeastern Columbia) and living on Devil's Island. Steve McQueen plays Henri, nicknamed Papillon (aka ‘Butterfly’ due to his chest tattoo), while Dustin Hoffman plays his friend Loui”
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