Two national outlets have published reviews of “Paper Tiger,” the film by James Gray. ABC News reported that Miles Teller and Adam Driver play brothers trying to work on a deal in 1986 New York. In its ABC News review, the outlet's headline described the film as a “milestone crime drama.”

The New York Times also reviewed the film. In a New York Times review by Manohla Dargis, the Times reported that Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller star in what its summary calls a “moody period crime thriller.” According to the Times, the film concerns a family caught up in gangland violence. Its headline, “An American Tragedy,” frames the film differently from the ABC News headline.

The two accounts differ in emphasis. The ABC News summary describes Teller and Driver as brothers, but the Times summary does not say how the lead actors are related to one another or to the family in the story. Neither summary says which role Johansson plays.

James Gray is named as the filmmaker in both sources, and both identify the film by its title, “Paper Tiger.” According to the publication information attached to each report, ABC News published its review on November 11, 2026, and The New York Times published its review on November 12, 2026.

This report draws only on the headlines and summaries of the two reviews and does not include further details from their full texts.

Sources: ABC News: Movie Review: James Gray delivers a milestone crime drama in ‘Paper Tiger’; The New York Times: ‘Paper Tiger’ Review: An American Tragedy.