Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer when
published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Hollywood Reporter
| Publications: | Hollywood Reporter |
Movie Reviews Only
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| No Score Yet | No Dress Code Required (Etiqueta no rigurosa) (2017) |
Long before the movie's over you'll be as much in love with its subjects as they obviously are with each other.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 22, 2017
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| 17% | Hare Krishna! The Mantra, The Movement And The Swami Who Started It All (2017) |
There's certainly a good film to be made about Srila Prabhupada and the spiritual movement he founded that became an international sensation starting in the mid-1960s. But John Griesser's documentary isn't it.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 22, 2017
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| 15% | Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) |
Anyone capable of explaining the near-incomprehensible storyline deserves a prize of some sort. ‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 20, 2017
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| No Score Yet | F(l)ag Football (2017) |
F(l)ag Football reveals that gay athletes can be just as dull as straight ones when they become the subject of documentaries.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 20, 2017
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| 25% | Camera Obscura (2017) |
Camera Obscura squanders its intriguing premise with a ham-fisted execution.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2017
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| 81% | Moscow Never Sleeps (2017) |
The jumble of storylines inevitably results in narrative confusion, and the relationships linking them, some of which are only revealed late in the proceedings, don't resonate strongly.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 13, 2017
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| 95% | Night School (2017) |
Feeling particularly relevant these days because of the ever-growing obstacles faced by less-educated people struggling for economic gains, the moving film depicts the American dream in action.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 9, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Almost Sunrise (2017) |
Exploring the ramifications of that tragic state of affairs while introducing a concept dubbed "Moral Injury," Almost Sunrise makes for powerful viewing.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 9, 2017
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| 80% | Ascent (2017) |
Exerts fascination with its haunting imagery of what it informs us is still an active volcano that may well erupt again (the last time was in the 1700s).‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 8, 2017
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| 17% | Air (2015) |
If an apocalypse ever does occur, one hopes that whatever survivors are left will have better material to draw from when they make the inevitable films about it.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 7, 2017
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| 100% | Dawson City: Frozen Time (2017) |
Documentarian Bill Morrison delivers a worthy follow-up to his classic 2002 film Decasia with another cinematic tone poem dedicated to the glories of silent cinema.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 5, 2017
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| 86% | The Incomparable Rose Hartman (2017) |
The Incomparable Rose Hartman doesn't quite make the case for lengthily profiling its irascible and not particularly interesting subject.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 5, 2017
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| 85% | Letters From Baghdad (2017) |
Despite such rich source material, however, Letters From Baghdad proves oddly unsatisfying.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 1, 2017
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| 83% | Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation (2017) |
The clips from the two championship matches go on far too long, ultimately proving more numbing than exciting for any but the sport's most ardent fans.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 28, 2017
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| 20% | Baywatch (2017) |
A character acknowledging that the proceedings resemble an "entertaining but far-fetched TV show" isn't enough to make Baywatch anything more than the cynical cash grab that it is.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 23, 2017
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| 100% | Legion of Brothers (2017) |
Viewers may at times be hard pressed to keep track of what exactly is going on, but the essential truths about combat, including post-traumatic stress, are vividly conveyed.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 19, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Devil's Domain (2017) |
[A] generic horror movie featuring a skeletal plot, barely developed characters, recycled clichés, and subpar special effects.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 19, 2017
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| No Score Yet | PACmen (2017) |
A depressing portrait of a political system that has gone hopelessly off the rails, PACmen is essential viewing for anyone seeking to understand some of the reasons why.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 17, 2017
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| 100% | Elián (2017) |
For the most part the film chronicles the complex tale cogently and effectively, using extensive archival footage as well as contemporary interviews that help put the events in context.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 15, 2017
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| No Score Yet | 32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide (2016) |
Rough-hewn stylistically and occasionally bordering on self-indulgence, 32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide nonetheless packs a powerful emotional punch with its unflinching portrait of two siblings dealing with past and present demons.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 11, 2017
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| No Score Yet | My Life Without Air (2017) |
Visually poetic but often feeling as air-deprived as its shaven-headed subject, My Life Without Air would have benefited from more narrative oxygen.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 11, 2017
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| No Score Yet | This Cold Life (2017) |
If the film succeeds in attracting an audience, it may very well drive up the tourism that this remote town so desperately needs. At least as shown here, it seems like a pretty cool (pun intended) place to visit.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 11, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Out of Thin Air (2017) |
A stylishly executed but narratively muddled effort that confounds as much as it engrosses.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 11, 2017
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| 100% | A Better Man (2017) |
A Better Man deals with a hot-button issue in sensitive fashion.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 9, 2017
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| 67% | This Is Not What I Expected (2017) |
Despite the strenuous efforts of all concerned, the love story at the film's core never seems credible.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 9, 2017
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| 40% | Lady Bloodfight (2017) |
On its own limited terms provides the sort of violent entertainment geared to fans who enjoy watching movies like, well, Lady Bloodfight.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 6, 2017
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| 43% | Mr. Chibbs (2017) |
Never proves compelling.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 6, 2017
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| 20% | Danger Close (2017) |
Danger Close provides a vivid portrait of combat and its emotional and physical aftermath.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 1, 2017
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| No Score Yet | No Man's Land (2017) |
[An] intensely visceral documentary which shows just how far some fringe segments of the population are willing to go to stand up for their beliefs.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted May 1, 2017
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| 100% | Natasha (2017) |
A coming-of-age tale is infused with complicated emotional and sociological dynamics in award-winning writer David Bezmozgis' adaptation of his book Natasha and Other Stories.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 28, 2017
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| 23% | Below her Mouth (2017) |
An undeniably steamy effort that delivers plenty of heat in its profusion of sex scenes while falling significantly short in dramatic terms.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 28, 2017
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| No Score Yet | A Thousand Junkies (2017) |
The problem is that, as anyone who has spent time with junkies knows, they're not a terribly interesting lot.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 28, 2017
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| 100% | A Gray State (2017) |
A riveting combination of political commentary and true crime story.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 26, 2017
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| No Score Yet | The Sensitives (2017) |
A documentary so affecting and effective it will make viewers feel grateful they are healthy enough to see it in a theater.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 26, 2017
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| 0% | Psychopaths (2017) |
Keating fails to effectively transmit his love of pushing the horror genre to new heights, with the result that we feel less gleefully complicit than merely voyeuristic.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 26, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Thumper (2017) |
Thumper fails to overcome its numerous clichés.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 26, 2017
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| 71% | A Suitable Girl (2017) |
Movingly chronicles its subjects' emotional travails and the societal and family pressures they face.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 25, 2017
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| 43% | Flower (2017) |
Flower is redeemed only by Zoey Deutch's magnetic performance, which would be star-making if in the service of a better vehicle.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 25, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Shadowman (2017) |
Achieves its goal of shining a spotlight on its subject while delivering a fascinating true-life tale.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 23, 2017
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| No Score Yet | The Penguin Counters (2017) |
Although imparting an important message ... The Penguin Counters is too rambling and diffuse to have significant impact while lacking the accessible qualities that would make it appeal to younger audiences.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 23, 2017
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| 81% | Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent (2017) |
Benefiting from its charismatic and emotionally complex central figure, Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent proves compelling enough to appeal beyond its target foodie demographic.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 20, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Altitude (2017) |
Since the action takes place entirely on the plane, it's mainly of the claustrophobic variety, with the shootouts and fistfights often rendered in near incomprehensible fashion.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 17, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Akher Wahed Fina (The Last of Us) (2016) |
With its mystical storyline weighed down with symbolic and allegorical elements, The Last of Us isn't sufficiently resonant to reward the viewer's patience.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 13, 2017
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| 57% | i hate myself :) (2017) |
I Hate Myself :) centers on two thoroughly repellant, self-absorbed figures with whom spending time proves a nearly intolerable trial.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 11, 2017
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| 55% | Speech & Debate (2017) |
The film's stage origins, and a cameo appearance by Lin-Manuel Miranda, may be of interest to theater buffs, but everyone else will be left wondering what all the fuss was about.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 11, 2017
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| 79% | The Case for Christ (2017) |
Based on Lee Strobel's best-selling book, this religious-themed drama earns points for proselytizing in more narratively compelling form than usual.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 9, 2017
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| 89% | SHOT!: The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock (2017) |
The tale is told entirely through Rock's perspective, with no friends, colleagues or talking heads weighing in. But that turns out to be no detriment, since the Cambridge-educated photographer proves a witty and rueful commentator ...‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 6, 2017
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| 39% | Aftermath (2017) |
The film mostly feels like a slow-paced slog featuring a hokey, melodramatic ending.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 5, 2017
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| 64% | For Here Or To Go? (2017) |
The subject matter's topicality doesn't provide sufficient compensation for the many dull patches in Rucha Humnabadkar's comedy/drama about a young Indian immigrant struggling to get his work visa extended.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Apr 3, 2017
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| 63% | House On Willow Street (2017) |
What the repetitive film lacks in narrative drive and compelling dialogue it makes up for in technical prowess, with director/editor Orr orchestrating the outrageously violent mayhem with admirable proficiency.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Mar 30, 2017
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