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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 23 Aug 2018

This remake seems mostly unnecessary, a well-crafted epic that ultimately feels more exhausting than exciting…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 23 Aug 2018

It is an impressively staged and appropriately rain-soaked, mud-splattered, bone-crunching tale, more violent and filled with rougher language…

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By Kate Taylor (347) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 23 Aug 2018

As director Michael Noer struggles to tease a theme out of a string of exploits, Papillon remains as entertaining as ever…

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By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 23 Aug 2018

Even as a reboot, it remains both scenically beautiful and an ordeal at the same time…

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By Dom Sinacola (87) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 23 Aug 2018

It’s true that no one’s really making films like this anymore, but it’s also true that everyone pretty much wants to…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 23 Aug 2018

Hunnam’s reliably charismatic in suffering and in joy, but with most of the political and wartime context shaved off the story, once again,…

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By Lindsey Bahr (430) for The Associated Press (882) on 23 Aug 2018

A sumptuous-looking but slow-moving prison drama that at times will have you dreaming about an escape of your own…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 23 Aug 2018

Mr…

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By Barbara Vandenburgh (315) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 23 Aug 2018

What we see onscreen instead is mere competence, handsomely shot but bereft of purpose…

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By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 23 Aug 2018

Charlie Hunnam as Parisian safecracker Henri “Papillon” Charrière and Rami Malek as his pal-in-hell, counterfeiter Louis Dega, were sorely…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 23 Aug 2018

Hunnam makes a strong impression as a tough guy in the title role, but there’s something about either him or the filmmaking or the subject…

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By Michael Rechtshaffen (1,086) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 23 Aug 2018

What’s missing is a more personal directorial imprint…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for amNewYork (559) on 22 Aug 2018

Papillon isn't a particularly original film, but it far from a prison sentence…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 22 Aug 2018

[T]he central question is whether or not the filmmakers and actors have brought anything new, noteworthy, or unique to this version…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 22 Aug 2018

There was really no need for a remake of 'Papillon,'...but if we must have one, Michael Noer's dutiful, slightly stolid retelling is probably…

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By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 22 Aug 2018

Noer's Papillon -- a remake of Franklin J…

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By Jordan Ruimy (242) for World of Reel (117) on 22 Aug 2018

Why even remake Papillon to begin with? This new version doesn't answer that question…

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By Bruce Demara (410) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 22 Aug 2018

Director Michael Noer falls short in a number of ways, leaving a sense of missed opportunity…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 22 Aug 2018

['Papillon'] feels for a time like it might not lift itself above this level of audience engagement, but the turning point comes about halfway…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 22 Aug 2018

It was filmed with impressive care and the performances are good, if you're in the mood for starvation, madness and harsh physical cruelty…

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