Reception
Papillon is now often regarded as a classic with a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes; several critics suggest the film is McQueen's best performance. In contrast, Roger Ebert's review upon the movie's original release was only two-out-of-four stars, stating that the main flaw was a failure to make the audience interested in McQueen and Hoffmann's characters: "You know something has gone wrong when you want the hero to escape simply so that the movie can be over."
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