Frank Scheck

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The Hollywood Reporter
For 2,247 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: 706 out of 2247
  2. Mixed: 1,107 out of 2247
  3. Negative: 434 out of 2247
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
    Unfortunately, the superbly orchestrated car chase/shootout, taking place both in a tunnel and on winding mountain roads, occurs nearly two hours into this equally bloated sequel’s 144-minute running time. Until then, you spend a lot of time watching the characters luxuriate in the European settings via consuming copious amounts of croissants, gelato and tiny cups of coffee.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    Sonic the Hedgehog 3
    Sonic the Hedgehog 3 gets the job done, and should provide entertaining diversion for families during the holiday season.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    The Bibi Files
    The Bibi Files paints a damning portrait of its subject’s machinations to stay in power.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 80 Frank Scheck
    The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
    The battle sequences in particular are stunningly rendered, and will certainly benefit from being viewed on the largest possible premium and large-format screens.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 80 Frank Scheck
    The Six Triple Eight
    The Six Triple Eight relates a little-known story that fairly demanded to be told, and does it full justice.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 60 Frank Scheck
    Dear Santa
    It should hardly come as a revelation that Black’s hardworking comedic efforts are the film’s saving grace.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Frank Scheck
    The Return
    Director/co-screenwriter Uberto Pasolini (Still Life, Nowhere Special) strips the tale to its bare essentials, resulting in a stark, solemnly paced experience that viewers will find either enervating or thrilling.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 60 Frank Scheck
    Uglies
    It’s all about as familiar-feeling as it sounds, but it goes down easily thanks to McG’s skillful, fast-paced direction, the imaginatively lavish CGI-enhanced visuals, and King’s impressive performance.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    The Killer's Game
    That the film works to the extent that it does is largely due to the unique charms of its muscular leading man and the well staged, extremely brutal fight sequences featuring enough gore to test the boundaries of an R rating.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Frank Scheck
    Transformers One
    Besides the raucous, de rigueur action sequences, Transformers One provides numerous witty jokes of both the verbal and visual variety and — surprise, surprise — genuine emotion. Consider this a franchise revitalized.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 40 Frank Scheck
    Greedy People
    Unfortunately, the proceedings become increasingly tiresome the more the characters are killed off, with the result that despite an impressive cast, the film comes to feel like a Coen brothers rip-off.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    The Union
    The Union proves as entertaining as its Netflix algorithms would have predicted, balancing its impressive star wattage with lavish production values to remind viewers of the value of their monthly subscriptions.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    Jackpot!
    It’s all tremendously silly but somehow it works, thanks to combat choreography that would make Jackie Chan proud and the introduction of America’s premiere new comedy team, Awkwafina and John Cena.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    War Game
    However stilted War Game may feel cinematically, it registers with full force as a realistic depiction of a nightmarish scenario that could easily occur just a few months from now.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    Harold and the Purple Crayon
    It’s hard not to wish that in the future, Harold will stick to the cartoon world where he belongs.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    The Convert
    The Convert is uneven and doesn’t fully live up to its thematic ambitions. But it’s handsomely made and thankfully avoids falling victim to white savior syndrome.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    Kill
    The fight scenes are extremely well choreographed, filmed and edited, but they’re so relentless in their non-stop pacing that the viewing experience becomes numbing.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    Kalki 2898 AD
    Ultimately, for all its wildly entertaining elements, Kalki 2898 AD feels like too much of a good thing, resembling the sort of lavish buffet meal that leaves you feeling overstuffed and exhausted. But fans of this particular style of cinema are not likely to mind.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 30 Frank Scheck
    Fly Me to the Moon
    Veteran television director Greg Berlanti (Riverdale, Everwood), who demonstrated real cinematic talent with Love, Simon, is unable to make any of this remotely convincing or, more problematically, entertaining. The wild tonal shifts leave the viewer in the dust, and not even the two stars are able to make any of it work.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    Trigger Warning
    Unfortunately, despite everyone’s best efforts to deliver a femme-driven actioner revolving around a central character who comes across like a female Rambo, Trigger Warning, premiering on Netflix, proves distressingly familiar.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 30 Frank Scheck
    Longing
    Instead of being drawn in by Daniel’s spiral, we observe it from a distance. The result is that Longing, presumably intended as a cathartic meditation on grief, simply feels absurd.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    Look Into My Eyes
    This is a documentary about psychics that make you think Ouija boards might be a better investment.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Frank Scheck
    Bad Boys: Ride or Die
    Watching Will Smith’s Mike and Martin Lawrence’s Marcus go through their familiar comedic bickering routines has become like spending an evening with a long-married couple whose constant sniping has grown wearisome.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    The Garfield Movie
    It all plays as routinely as you’d expect, making the film directed by Mark Dindal (The Emperor’s New Groove, Chicken Little) feel much longer than it is, at least for anyone over the age of 10.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    Thelma the Unicorn
    For most of its running time, it’s a small-scale delight that balances quirky humor and heartfelt emotion to excellent effect.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    The Blue Angels
    This is one film that’s definitely worth catching on the big screen.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    IF
    There’s much here to appreciate, not least of which is the admirable attempt to simultaneously provide belly laughs for children and emotional resonance for adults. IF may be guilty of trying too hard, but it’s a refreshing change from so many family movies that barely seem to be trying at all.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver
    Snyder provides an ample display of the visual flair and skill for action that have endeared him to legions of fans who exhibit so much dedication that they’re willing to sit through numerous versions of his films.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    Abigail
    Breathlessly paced and filled with the sort of black humor that makes it as much a comedy as a horror film, Abigail is wildly entertaining for most of its running time, although it becomes overly burdened with baroque narrative flourishes.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    Sweet Dreams
    That the film proves as affecting as it does is largely due to Knoxville’s understated, terrific performance that makes his character fully sympathetic despite his many flaws.
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