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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| 45% | Close (2019) |
Rapace gives the film her all, delivering an intense, physically demanding performance, but Close doesn't get close enough to transcending its action-movie clichés.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jan 17, 2019
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| No Score Yet | The Brawler (2019) |
A thoroughly mediocre retelling that feels like an unnecessary footnote.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jan 17, 2019
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| 11% | An Acceptable Loss (2019) |
This talky, ham-fisted effort proves particularly disappointing because it should have been much better than it is.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jan 16, 2019
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| No Score Yet | Alone in the Dead of Night (2019) |
Inventively creepy.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jan 12, 2019
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| 10% | Replicas (2019) |
Replicas manages to be perversely entertaining for its fast-paced first half, if only because of the sheer absurdity of its storyline. But it eventually devolves into tedious thriller tropes...‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jan 12, 2019
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| 25% | Sgt. Will Gardner (2019) |
The film endlessly traffics in the sort of clichés endemic to the genre, from its gung-ho country music soundtrack to its frequent combat flashbacks illustrating the horrors of war.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jan 10, 2019
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| No Score Yet | Anthem of a Teenage Prophet (2019) |
Such restraint is admirable in a genre not known for it, but it results in the film feeling more tepid than it should have been.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jan 10, 2019
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| 57% | A Dog's Way Home (2019) |
Dog lovers of all ages will warm up to its adventure tale about a plucky pooch who embarks on a 400-mile journey to get back home to his beloved owner.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jan 10, 2019
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| No Score Yet | Jobe'z World (2019) |
Strains mightily for a cult status it's highly unlikely to achieve.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jan 10, 2019
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| 83% | Beyond the Night (2018) |
Beyond the Night boasts tense atmosphere to spare... an auspicious debut for its writer/director.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jan 10, 2019
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| 1/4 | 34% | Gummo (1997) |
A close-up portrait of disaffected youth in Middle America, "Gummo" is one of the most repellent cinematic efforts in recent memory.‐ Baltimore Sun
Read More | Posted Jan 7, 2019
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| No Score Yet | Mojin: The Worm Valley (2019) |
It all goes down fairly easily, although the film will necessarily be more appealing to fans of the books than neophytes.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jan 6, 2019
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| No Score Yet | Being Rose (2019) |
It's hard not to get caught up in Rose's fate, especially with Shepherd infusing her portrayal of the spunky character with subtle grace notes. Brolin is equally good, movingly conveying the loneliness and pathos underlying Max's good humor.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jan 3, 2019
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| 85% | The Vanishing (2019) |
Fine performances and eerie atmospherics enhance this slow burner.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jan 3, 2019
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| 10% | Holmes and Watson (2018) |
You can feel the flop sweat emanating from the third onscreen pairing of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Dec 25, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Unknown Distance (2018) |
One fears there will be many more such damning films to come.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Dec 24, 2018
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| No Score Yet | The Last Resort (2018) |
Poignantly nostalgic.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Dec 21, 2018
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| 33% | Between Worlds (2018) |
While not quite up to the outrageousness level of so many Cage vehicles in recent years, Between Worlds features enough WTF moments to satisfy the prolific actor's many fans who can't wait to see what he's up to next.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Dec 20, 2018
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| No Score Yet | That Way Madness Lies... (2018) |
That Way Madness Lies delivers an unblinking assessment of the failures of the health, judicial and penal systems to effectively address what is a growing national problem.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Dec 19, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Avicii: True Stories (2017) |
Avicii: True Stories delivers a visceral portrait of the personal cost that can arise from a meteoric rise to fame.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Dec 18, 2018
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| 83% | The Quake (Skjelvet) (2018) |
For the more open-minded, The Quake offers visceral thrills.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Dec 15, 2018
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| 27% | All the Devil's Men (2018) |
Such an utterly routine, formulaic and forgettable example of its genre that watching it becomes an exercise in endurance.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Dec 7, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Hospitality (2018) |
The derivative screenplay lacking wit and the filmmaking devoid of arresting style, Hospitality never gather narrative momentum despite its frequent plot developments.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Dec 6, 2018
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| 55% | Asher (2018) |
Nothing in the proceedings rings remotely true unless you've been weaned on a steady diet of soulful hit men movies.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Dec 6, 2018
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| 74% | Back Roads (2018) |
While Back Roads doesn't live up to its considerable dramatic and thematic ambitions, it provides a strong opportunity for its filmmaker/star to stretch his dramatic muscles in the lead role.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Dec 5, 2018
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| 46% | Swimming with Men (2018) |
Aiming for charm but instead coming across as hopelessly forced, Swimming with Men barely manages to stay afloat.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Dec 4, 2018
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| No Score Yet | My Perfect World (2018) |
A compelling true crime story.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Dec 3, 2018
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| 50% | DriverX (2018) |
Proves unsatisfying both as drama and satire.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Dec 3, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Making The Five Heartbeats (2018) |
It too often comes across as a vanity project, and an overextended one at that.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 30, 2018
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| 35% | Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018) |
It's only Tom Wilkinson's typically expert performance that saves Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) from having to live up to its subtitled bargain with moviegoers.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 30, 2018
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| 17% | The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018) |
Hannah Grace never overcomes the compendium of clichés in Brian Sieve's screenplay, which resembles a greatest hits of demonic possession films.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 29, 2018
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| 26% | Elliot The Littlest Reindeer (2018) |
Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer is strictly for the most undiscriminating small fry.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 28, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Afterward (2018) |
Painful but essential.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 28, 2018
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| No Score Yet | The Providers (2018) |
The Providers delivers a deeply moving portrait of selflessness and dedication that feels particularly timely in this era of division between the red and blue states.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 21, 2018
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| 20% | The Gilligan Manifesto (2018) |
While its pseudo-academic subject matter might have made for a reasonably amusing short, the documentary wears out its welcome long before reaching its final arguments.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 21, 2018
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| No Score Yet | The Show's the Thing (2018) |
Essential viewing for anyone interested in music industry history.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 21, 2018
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| 45% | You're Not You (2014) |
Swank delivers an emotionally and physically committed performance that significantly elevates the sometimes mawkish material.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 19, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Inside Lehman (2018) |
Fascinating accounts from the inside.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 16, 2018
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| 100% | Family in Transition (2018) |
While there has been no shortage of theatrical and television documentaries dealing with transgender issues, Family in Transition stands out both for the particularities inherent in its setting and the deeply sympathetic individuals at its center.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 15, 2018
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| 14% | Welcome Home (2018) |
Attempting to be a cautionary tale for the Airbnb era, the pic squanders its potential with ham-fisted execution.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 15, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Olympia (2019) |
A compelling profile of a woman who's defiantly marched to the beat of her own drum.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 14, 2018
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| 56% | Bullitt County (2018) |
Despite those flaws, it's an impressive low-budget indie effort, boasting a strong sense of atmosphere that marks its writer-director-actor as a talent to watch.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 9, 2018
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| 22% | River Runs Red (2018) |
The film's third act, featuring standard-issue gunfights and car chases, is too poorly staged to be remotely exciting.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 8, 2018
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| 50% | Postcards From London (2018) |
Although Postcards from London ultimately doesn't quite live up to its considerable ambitions, it offers plenty of arresting moments along the way.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 8, 2018
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| 88% | Lez Bomb (2018) |
Lez Bomb may traffic in clichés, but it delivers its messages of love, tolerance and acceptance in such light-hearted, warm fashion that they're easy to overlook.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 7, 2018
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| 50% | Pimp (2018) |
The strongest element of all is Palmer's thoroughly gripping performance. ‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 7, 2018
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| 0% | Marfa Girl 2 (2018) |
The most unnecessary sequel in film history.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 1, 2018
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| 75% | Monster Party (2018) |
Gleefully gory and darkly funny, Monster Party is the sort of extreme genre exercise that separates real fans from mere dilettantes.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Nov 1, 2018
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| 67% | Welcome to Mercy (2018) |
The novelty of exorcisms and creepy nuns has long since expired... and, other than its exotic setting, Welcome to Mercy does precious little to revive it.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Oct 31, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Mooch (2018) |
Aren't his 15 minutes up yet?‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Oct 29, 2018
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