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Review of by Don Druker for Chicago Reader — 02 Dec 1983

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No sense of complicity between filmmaker and spectator, no depth, no ambiguity, no production value spared, plenty of running time and pomposity, and a desperate sense of trying to do everything and please everybody.

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This review of Papillon (1973) was written by and published by Chicago Reader on 02 Dec 1983.

Papillon has generally received very positive reviews.

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