Papillon

man, this movie is a slog to get through. admittedly, prison escape movies aren't my favorite type of movie but papillon fails to do a few critical things that are important to make a film like this really succeed. unfortunately, because the movie relies on these aspects to explore the themes and evoke the emotional response that it wants to, these elements bury some solid performances by steve mcqueen and dustin hoffman in a fairly mediocre movie. simply put, there has to be something about the characters or the experience of the characters in prison for the audience to care if these two men... read more