About Her

Elle E. is 25 and teaches in a state overrun by the spawn of yuppies. Therefore she is a full-time heretic much afflicted by spleen.
hearts the colour green, reading, scribes and orators, ruffs, cuffs, Machiavellian villains and vindictive heroes.
wishlist · livejournal · email

Recently Reviewed

Movies

Reviews Repository

You are viewing the movie reviews repository page. The short reviews found here are from the blog's sidebar.

movie Papillon
Directed By Franklin J. Schaffner
Rating star

Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman make an unlikely pair in this film adaptation of a French novel of the same name. McQueen plays the eponymous protagonist bent on escaping from jail. Papillon's misadventures are supposedly based on the ex-con author's experiences. Whether his claims are genuine or otherwise, his dogged determination to be free at all costs is remarkable. The landscape depicted throughout is wet, muggy and surely infested with mosquitoes. The escape sequences are brilliantly shot. The audience, already in cahoots with the principal characters' desires to be free, is made to sit through nail biting moments of taut drama and tension.