Frank Scheck

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The Hollywood Reporter
For 2,248 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 47% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 47% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 13.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Frank Scheck's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 52
Highest review score: 100 The Peasants
Lowest review score: 0 The Haunting of Sharon Tate
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 707 out of 2248
  2. Mixed: 1,107 out of 2248
  3. Negative: 434 out of 2248
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    The Booksellers
    The Booksellers tends to be a bit too digressive at times, lapsing into many tangents that are never uninteresting but tend to cause it to lose focus. Nonetheless, the film provides an evocative portrait of a way of life that is hopefully not completely vanishing anytime soon.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    The Last Laugh
    [Offers] plenty of laughs in its thoughtful examination of the issue.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Frank Scheck
    Sweaty Betty
    Sweaty Betty has a likable quality and an obvious affection for its subjects who maintain a resolute cheerfulness throughout their struggles. But it's hard not to wish that the shambling material had been constructed into a more cohesive whole.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    I Will Follow
    This touching if insular drama about a woman grieving over the recent death of her aunt is well acted and incisively observed, although it's ultimately too low-key to have much dramatic impact.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Frank Scheck
    As It Is in Heaven
    Director Overbay, working from an effective screenplay by his wife Ginny Lee Overbay, slowly ratchets up the tension in quietly compelling fashion.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    WTC the First 24 Hours
    The film lacks narration or music, but the devastating images speak for themselves.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Frank Scheck
    The Reckoning: Hollywood's Worst Kept Secret
    The Reckoning: Hollywood's Worst Kept Secret is generally effective as a fast-paced primer on the sexual harassment scandals that have swept show business in the last year but doesn't really add much to the story that we don't already know.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Frank Scheck
    I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
    Shines a much deserved spotlight on this unheralded artist.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 90 Frank Scheck
    Aliens of the Deep
    A visually enthralling undersea travelogue.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Frank Scheck
    You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah!
    Thanks to its well-observed, amusing depiction of teenage girl angst and a genuine sweetness at its core, it proves thoroughly winning. And if you don’t get all verklempt at the heartwarming ending, you’ve probably never had a best friend.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    Fixing Frank
    A thought-provoking and involving film.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    Musicwood
    The film delivers a compelling portrait of the complicated issues involved.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 90 Frank Scheck
    Shazam!
    Proves so determinedly ebullient you begin to think they're pumping laughing gas into the auditorium. The most kid-friendly DC movie so far, the film is thoroughly entertaining.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    Our Brand Is Crisis
    Our Brand Is Crisis well demonstrates the international efficacy of the methods used to twice elect Bill Clinton. Unlike in "The War Room," the charismatic Carville makes but fleeting appearances in this docu, and it suffers as a result.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Frank Scheck
    Games of Love and Chance
    It is a provocative and potentially rich premise, to be sure, but the execution here is somewhat lacking.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Frank Scheck
    Tikkun
    Visually stunning if dramatically logy and willfully enigmatic.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    The Motel
    Indie coming-of-age dramas are not exactly an endangered species, but Michael Kang's debut drama is an admirably intelligent and modest example of the genre.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Frank Scheck
    Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?
    Fascinatingly ambiguous tale and bizarre cast of characters make it one of the more entertaining documentaries in recent memory.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Frank Scheck
    Chapter & Verse
    The film handles its admittedly familiar themes in uncommonly sensitive fashion.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Frank Scheck
    Companion
    The tyro director steps up to the plate beautifully, delivering an ingenious, fast-paced horror-thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat while also featuring generous doses of mordant humor.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    Wall
    While all this might have made for a potent short subject, the abstract visual monotony begins to wear thin shortly into the 98-minute running time.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Frank Scheck
    Mouthpiece
    The film is notable more for its unusual conceit than as a serious exploration of grief and familial relationships.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    Art Bastard
    As a film, Victor Kanefsky's documentary about the iconoclastic painter Robert Cenedella makes a great art exhibit.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 10 Frank Scheck
    Colossus
    This stupefying dull mockumentary purports to explore themes of media manipulation and political propaganda, but whatever points it’s attempting to make are buried amidst the ponderous goings-on that will result in a quick exit from theaters.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    The Attorney
    Despite its shameless manipulations and unsubtle approach, it’s an ambitious and well-intentioned feature debut from a director whose future efforts bear attention.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    Out of the Blue
    Ultimately, the film, for all its evident verisimilitude, never really demonstrates a compelling reason for being.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    Below Dreams
    While it features some pungently observational moments, Below Dreams is ultimately too diffuse and disjointed to have the desired impact.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    Paddleton
    Paddleton sneaks up on you, wresting its way into your heart even while you're trying to resist its overly determined quirkiness.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    Sin Alas
    Although stronger on atmosphere than narrative clarity, its gorgeous visuals and sensuous evocation of the exotic setting render it a hauntingly poetic cinematic experience.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 40 Frank Scheck
    A Thousand Words
    The formulaic script by Steve Koren doesn't manage to exploit the absurd premise with any discernible wit or invention, and the star is left floundering.
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