Paper Tiger Review: Miles Teller & Adam Driver Shine in James Gray's Underwhelming Crime Drama [Cannes]

Paper Tiger Review: Miles Teller & Adam Driver Shine in James Gray's Underwhelming Crime Drama [Cannes]

May 17, 2026 at 11:06PM | Patrice Witherspoon

American director James Gray has a remarkable eye for exploring human behavior on screen, especially when it comes to familial dynamics. In Ad Astra, the director used a trip through the solar system to evaluate a broken father-son relationship. In Armageddon Time, he set his sights on the pursuit of the American Dream pieced together by a strong family bond. So, it’s extremely disappointing, to say the least, that his latest, Paper Tiger, takes similar concepts and does the absolute bare minimum with them.

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