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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| 100% | Sidemen: Long Road to Glory (2017) |
The film should prove catnip to music lovers, especially blues fans.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Aug 17, 2017
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| 100% | The Farthest (2017) |
The scientists' joy as they discuss the mission proves infectious.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Aug 9, 2017
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| 67% | Pilgrimage (2017) |
Pilgrimage alternates long stretches of tedium with ultra-violent sequences that have the feel of medieval torture porn.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Aug 9, 2017
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| 88% | This Time Tomorrow (Mañana a esta hora) (2016) |
Quietly shattering.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Aug 7, 2017
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| 25% | Chronically Metropolitan (2017) |
Resembling a Philip Roth novel that the author had the good sense to leave unpublished, Chronically Metropolitan leaves no cliché unturned in its depiction of the social and romantic travails of a group of Upper East Side New Yorkers.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Aug 7, 2017
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| 47% | Brave New Jersey (2017) |
The film wastes several talented performers with its low-key, rambling humor and one-dimensional characters.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Aug 3, 2017
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| 83% | 68 Kill (2017) |
A film which clearly and desperately aspires for cult status, 68 Kill will undoubtedly have its fans, but they won't be people you'll want to have over for dinner.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Aug 2, 2017
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| No Score Yet | The Conway Curve (2017) |
Wylie's spunky heroine proves engaging enough to compensate for the rickety storyline, with viewers likely to end up cheering her character on as she proves herself far cleverer than the men trying to take advantage of her.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 28, 2017
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| 67% | Wolf Warrior II (2017) |
Wolf Warrior 2 is even bigger and bolder than its predecessor, which doesn't always work in its favor. But genre fans will definitely relish the near constant barrage of elaborate set pieces that are choreographed and filmed for maximum impact.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 27, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Imperfections (2017) |
While Imperfections lives up to its name with its too clever by half plotline and failure to find a coherent tone, the indie film features enough enjoyable moments to overcome its flaws.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 27, 2017
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| 83% | That Most Important Thing: Love (L'important c'est d'aimer) (1975) |
The film, although fascinating, is also slightly boring.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 19, 2017
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| 0% | The Gracefield Incident (2017) |
So formulaic and unoriginal that its poster should accompany the dictionary definition of derivative ...‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 19, 2017
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| 44% | Bronx Gothic (2017) |
Despite some undeniably powerful moments, Bronx Gothic, both the show and the film, suffers from an overall pretension.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 17, 2017
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| 14% | Battle Scars (2017) |
Battle Scars is neither sensitive nor gripping enough to be taken seriously.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 17, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Cartels (2017) |
This vehicle is one of seven - count 'em, seven - movies that Seagal made last year, and anyone still ponying up to see them has to be considered a sucker.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 12, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Undercover Grandpa (2017) |
Gives grandparents a bad name.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 12, 2017
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| 50% | Hickok (2017) |
A perfectly serviceable Western featuring a comfortingly familiar storyline, Hickok will tide genre fans over until more substantial offerings come along.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 8, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Dark Harvest (2017) |
Although it never manages to transcend its genre conventions, Dark Harvest... effectively holds its own against the similar B-movie exercises commonly seen on late-night cable.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 6, 2017
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| 100% | Mali Blues (2017) |
Mali Blues should appeal both to world music fans and anyone interested in the increasing tensions between secular and religious forces in Africa.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 3, 2017
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| 17% | Inconceivable (2017) |
Something that both Nicolas Cage and Faye Dunaway will want to leave off their filmographies, and at this point that's saying something.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jul 3, 2017
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| 0% | Darkness Rising (2017) |
This is a low-budget horror film so generic you'll forget everything about it, including its title, just hours after watching it.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 30, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Home Truth (2017) |
Chronicling the years-long efforts of a mother to strengthen the legal rights of victims of domestic violence, Home Truth is a harrowing and deeply moving portrait of a woman determined not to let her children's deaths be in vain.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 30, 2017
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| 91% | In Pursuit of Silence (2017) |
In Pursuit of Silence doesn't really tell you much that you didn't already instinctively know - silence is good, loud noise is bad - but it does provide a sporadically interesting overview that could well have you rethinking your next vacation plans.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 28, 2017
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| 43% | Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story (2017) |
By the time Can't Stop Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story reaches its conclusion, viewers will know that the rapper/businessman wears Calvin Klein boxer briefs. And that a room in his home is devoted entirely to candy.‐ Hollywood Reporter
Read More | Posted Jun 28, 2017
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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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| 13% | 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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| 83% | 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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| 29% | 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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| 70% | 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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| 88% | 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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| 75% | 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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| 82% | 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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| 19% | 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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| 50% | 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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