Frank Scheck

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The Hollywood Reporter
For 2,258 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 13.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Frank Scheck's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 52
Highest review score: 100 The Humans
Lowest review score: 0 The Haunting of Sharon Tate
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 711 out of 2258
  2. Mixed: 1,112 out of 2258
  3. Negative: 435 out of 2258
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    • 38 Metascore
    • 30 Frank Scheck
    Role Play
    It’s a shame, because Cuoco’s well-honed comic skills are very much on display and Oyelowo, working in a lighter vein than usual, seems to be enjoying himself. Which is more than you’ll be able to say about the viewers of this tired action-comedy retread.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Frank Scheck
    Night Swim
    Despite the filmmaker’s best efforts to drum up suspense via the usual jump scares, Night Swim turns out to be just as silly as it sounds.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Frank Scheck
    The Family Plan
    Stretching its high concept but thin results to the breaking point, The Family Plan feels like a movie whose best moments were during the pitch meeting.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    Fast Charlie
    Phillip Noyce’s thriller starring Pierce Brosnan in the title role has the irreverence of an Elmore Leonard tale, leavened with generous doses of sentiment.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Frank Scheck
    Merry Little Batman
    Geared very much to younger audiences, it’s fast-paced to the point of freneticism. But it boasts an arresting visual style, its animation heavily indebted to the satirical drawings of Ronald Searle.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 80 Frank Scheck
    Silent Night
    The veteran action director fully delivers the goods with Silent Night.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
    While the group’s short SNL videos are often quite amusing, this feature-length venture doesn’t do them any favors.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    Thanksgiving
    It offers plenty of cheap thrills, or more accurately cheap kills, presented with the sort of attention to bloodthirsty detail that horror aficionados crave. Pity, though, that there aren’t really any more actual grindhouses.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    The Marsh King's Daughter
    The novel presumably filled in the blanks to build an engrossing tale, one that here comes across as a rote suspenser, complete with jump scares and a violent climax. The actors nearly elevate the proceedings to something greater.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    What Happens Later
    While Ryan’s bountiful charm is as evident as ever, her character unfortunately comes across like an older version of the manic pixie dream girl. And the movie’s heavy-handed magical realist elements counter the slightness of the material to deadly effect.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Frank Scheck
    Pay or Die
    That so many have to struggle not just with the disease but also the cost of staying alive is a national disgrace that documentaries such as this, however well-intentioned, can only begin to address.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 60 Frank Scheck
    Old Dads
    If you find Burr’s stand-up routines funny (and since he routinely sells out arenas, it’s obvious that plenty of people do), you’ll enjoy Old Dads, which also benefits from Cannavale’s hilariously beleaguered reactions, Woodbine’s solid underplaying and some very funny turns by a variety of comedians in small roles.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
    The frenetic mayhem becomes tiresome in its repetitiveness, although kids already hopped up on candy and soda will presumably not mind at all.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Frank Scheck
    Saw X
    None of this would work nearly as well without Bell, whose raspy voice and menacing gravitas are so riveting that he makes Jigsaw’s oft-repeated declaration “I’d like to play a game” scary as hell. He’s made the character truly iconic, much like Robert Englund did with Freddy Krueger. Accept no substitutions.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Frank Scheck
    Willie and Me
    Much like the songs of Willie Nelson that populate its soundtrack, the film relies on a general uplifting atmosphere as the indefatigable Greta stops at nothing to fulfill her dream.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Frank Scheck
    No One Will Save You
    No One Will Save You proves a singularly intense experience.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 30 Frank Scheck
    Expend4bles
    Expend4bles — the number is in the middle of the word, get it? — represents a nadir for a series that began as an entertainingly nostalgic throwback to old-school action movies and the square-jawed muscle men who starred in them.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 100 Frank Scheck
    The Peasants
    The Peasants is a ravishingly beautiful visual triumph.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Frank Scheck
    Dear Jassi
    Dear Jassi has the feel of a timeless folktale, made all the more unbearably sad because of its basis in fact.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Frank Scheck
    The Inventor
    Despite its heavy-duty subject matter, the film co-directed by Capobianco and Pierre-Luc Granjon is filled with welcome humor of both the visual and verbal varieties.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    Knox Goes Away
    The convoluted storyline is too clever by far, and might have proved entertaining if the film had been intended as an absurdist black comedy. Unfortunately, Keaton goes in a more neo-noir direction, with the generally grim tone only accentuating the narrative absurdities.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    Dumb Money
    It’s a compelling story told in largely engaging fashion, anchored by Dano’s terrific turn as the eccentric, strong-willed Gill, who becomes an unlikely folk hero.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Frank Scheck
    Back on the Strip
    Despite some amusing moments, it never really takes off, burdened by a tiresome romantic subplot that periodically stops the movie dead in its tracks.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Frank Scheck
    The Hill
    The film would have benefited from director Jeff Celentano perhaps picking up the pace a little, and the deletion of some extraneous subplots. But the climactic sequence, in which Rickey bats through the pain while encountering the toughest pitchers he’s ever faced, provides the perfect stirring conclusion.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 40 Frank Scheck
    The Equalizer 3
    For those not motivated purely by a desire for cinematic bloodlust accompanied by an abrasive musical score that sounds like electronic fingernails on a blackboard, there’s some fun to be had.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    Vacation Friends 2
    The four lead performers display an undeniable chemistry that makes Vacation Friends 2 pleasantly engaging if not hilarious. But it’s the addition of Buscemi that provides the real comic spark, the veteran actor employing his well-honed persona of angry sarcasm to provide a much-needed edginess to the otherwise bland proceedings.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Frank Scheck
    Retribution
    Director Nimrod Antal (Predators) stages the mostly vehicular mayhem with as much variety and visual excitement as possible, especially in a crucial scene in which Matt is cornered by the police in a tunnel. But there’s only so much he can do with the hackneyed premise.
    • 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.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 70 Frank Scheck
    Strays
    Even with its brief 93-minute running time, Strays feels thin and repetitive; after all, there are only so many times you can laugh at, say, a dog happily eating another’s dog vomit. But the film nonetheless delivers plenty of laughs, making up for many of its clunkers through sheer volume and the talents of its starry voice cast.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Frank Scheck
    The Last Voyage of the Demeter
    [Ovredal] handles the darkly creepy atmospherics expertly and makes fully convincing the ship’s fateful voyage through stormy and vampire-besieged seas. But he’s not able to bring much spark to Bragi Schut, Jr. and Zak Olkewicz’s slow-paced, formulaic screenplay, which lacks the dark wit necessary to keep us invested in the gory proceedings.
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