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One Guy's Opinion is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Frank Swietek.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
C+
Tow (2025) Frank Swietek Byrne...masterfully portrays a person struggling to maintain a brave front even as she teeters on the verge of despair. But her relatively simple story has been overstuffed to the point of becoming diffuse and lumpy.
Posted Mar 19, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Project Hail Mary (2026) Frank Swietek While the save-the-earth underpinnings of the plot never disappear, they come to play second fiddle to what amounts to an increasingly sappy comic interspecies bromance...determined to be a space-age crowd-pleaser.
Posted Mar 19, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
The Pout-Pout Fish (2026) Frank Swietek A mite bland...an agreeable undersea odyssey in the vein of 'Finding Nemo,' but it’s not in the same league as that Pixar perennial, and is unlikely to have its enduring appeal.
Posted Mar 19, 2026  Edit critic review
C
Reminders of Him (2026) Frank Swietek Will appeal to readers of this modern Fannie Hurst’s ever-accumulating tomes, and though the glossy weepie is a shallow, obvious piece of work, its heart-on-sleeve emotionalism will satisfy their desire for a good cry.
Posted Mar 12, 2026  Edit critic review
D
THE BRIDE! (2026) Frank Swietek Less a horror film than merely a horrible one... a personal project designed to make a point rather than curry favor, a swing for the fences that misses by a mile...however valid the point it’s aiming for, this awful movie makes it stupefyingly badly.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Hoppers (2026) Frank Swietek Engaging, but rather preachy...antic and technically expert, and it has a few laugh-out-loud moments, but it’s basically an ecological sermon in the form of a furry-animal adventure that’s surprisingly dark and violent.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Sirāt (2025) Frank Swietek An audacious road movie that shows that a search for some sort of imagined paradise can suddenly turn into a very real hell...if you stick it out, it will be a shattering trip.
Posted Mar 03, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
A Private Life (2025) Frank Swietek Purportedly a mystery, but on those terms it’s rather anemic...works better, however, as a character study and a frisky romantic comedy, particularly since its lead performers have a wonderful chemistry.
Posted Mar 03, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Cold Storage (2026) Frank Swietek Amped-up, ultra-snarky and exuberantly over-the-top, effects-wise...It’s a pity that 'Cold Storage' isn’t sharper and less padded than it is, but the amiable leads make it a tolerably goofy homage to its fifties sci-fi B-movie models.
Posted Feb 20, 2026  Edit critic review
C-
This Is Not a Test (2025) Frank Swietek Underwhelming...the attempt to combine undead mayhem and teen introspection proves neither terribly scary nor particularly insightful.
Posted Feb 19, 2026  Edit critic review
C-
The Dreadful (2026) Frank Swietek Heavy on mood and thin on plot, Kermani’s follow-up to her misguided Dracula story 'Abraham’s Boys' is equally tedious.
Posted Feb 19, 2026  Edit critic review
C
How to Make a Killing (2026) Frank Swietek The notion of resituating Horniman’s book in contemporary terms isn’t a bad one. The problem is that Ford’s reimagining isn’t satirically sharp enough; it comes across as bland and obvious.
Posted Feb 19, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Pillion (2025) Frank Swietek Lighton and his stars enable outsiders to experience a slice of society they’ve perhaps never encountered not only without sensationalizing it, but in a spirit of simple human empathy.
Posted Feb 19, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) Frank Swietek There are...some choice bits along the way.... But it's less clever than it aims to be, and in the end proves somewhat more grueling than amusing.
Posted Feb 13, 2026  Edit critic review
C
GOAT (2026) Frank Swietek Aspires to be a slam-dunk celebration of b-ball that’s both soulful and fun, but its familiar themes and overjuiced style make for a middling kidflick.
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
C
Wuthering Heights (2026) Frank Swietek The fabled romance of Catherine and Heathcliff boiled down to its simplest form and served up with more flash and relish than genuine passion.
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
C-
Whistle (2025) Frank Swietek It doesn’t go for a tongue-in-cheek feel in revisiting the teens-in-supernatural-danger template.... But despite the straightforward approach, you’ll probably find yourself laughing at it.
Posted Feb 06, 2026  Edit critic review
C
Dracula (2025) Frank Swietek While Besson’s movie is certainly not faithful to its source, his wacky reimagining of the old story is at least different....it wallows in lushness and Gothic romanticism, and ends up rather turgid, more goofy than scary.
Posted Feb 05, 2026  Edit critic review
C
Teacher's Pet (2025) Frank Swietek Like a Lifetime movie on steroids, [it] takes the old standby plot of an educator obsessing over a student but ratchets it up several notches.
Posted Feb 05, 2026  Edit critic review
C
Shelter (2026) Frank Swietek A step up from Statham’s recent solo vehicles, but it’s still just a routine actioner whose predictable beats aren’t sufficiently offset by the interesting locations.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Send Help (2026) Frank Swietek Sam Raimi returns to his gonzo, blood-drenched roots with this horror comedy...which twists a premise that might have served for a bland romantic comedy into something ghoulishly funny.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Dead Man's Wire (2025) Frank Swietek An engaging recreation of a truly strange episode in American criminal and broadcast history...though it’s a bit anonymous from the perspective of [Van Sant's] best work, it’s still mightily enjoyable.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) Frank Swietek A harrowing recreation of an episode that encapsulates the horror that the Israeli reaction to Hamas’ brutal attacks of October 7 unleashed on the population of Gaza...the visceral power... is undeniable.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) Frank Swietek Stunning, but one can be stunned into either admiration or stupefaction.... But love it or hate it, you’ll probably be fascinated by its self-indulgent eccentricity.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
C
Magellan (2025) Frank Swietek The sort of film that’s easier to respect as an expression of a directorial point of view than respond to as a satisfying historical drama...the static mise-en-scène and turgid pacing can be positively suffocating.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
It Was Just an Accident (2025) Frank Swietek Raw and passionate filmmaking, accomplished under conditions those of us in what purports still to be a democracy can barely understand.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
D
Mercy (2026) Frank Swietek The pacing...is relentless—understandable given the need to obscure the utter implausibility of the plot...By riding roughshod over the logical absurdities Bekmambetov and his troika of editors aim to divert viewers from realizing how ridiculous [it] is.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
C
No Other Choice (2025) Frank Swietek A handsome but misguided misfire, a comic thriller that works as neither....It’s debatable whether [it] will make you laugh or simply squirm in discomfort.
Posted Jan 20, 2026  Edit critic review
C-
The Rip (2026) Frank Swietek Except for a stellar but indifferently used cast, Joe Carnahan’s movie is a totally undistinguished specimen of a tired genre.
Posted Jan 19, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Frank Swietek A franchise that, in this reboot phase, has actually improved substantially over the original two installments. 'The Bone Temple' is so satisfying that it makes one look forward to another helping in the series.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
B
The Choral (2025) Frank Swietek An elegiac tribute to the transcendent power of music in the most terrible of times...Bennett’s facility in amusing dialogue and Hytner’s skill with his cast make the film both charming and poignant.
Posted Jan 14, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Rosemead (2025) Frank Swietek [An] unfussy but affecting drama...bolstered by strong performances from newcomer Shou and particularly Liu.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
B
The Plague (2025) Frank Swietek There have been many films about bullying, but few have gotten quite so far under the skin as this dark fantasy about the cruelty perpetrated by adolescent boys at a sports camp.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
We Bury the Dead (2024) Frank Swietek A contemplative reflection on the relationship between the "undead" and those who have survived the catastrophe that created them...a mournful take on troubled survival rather than a scare-fest.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
Sentimental Value (2025) Frank Swietek Material that could be dismissed in other hands as soap operatic...because of Trier’s lucid writing and probing direction, and the collaboration of an exceptional cast,...becomes a remarkably moving experience.
Posted Jan 01, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Rental Family (2025) Frank Swietek Sweet but rather sappy... The initial chapters are amusing, if lightweight, and...rather touching. But in the last half hour the assault on the tear ducts grows overwrought, and the film becomes cloying and maudlin.
Posted Jan 01, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
The Secret Agent (2025) Frank Swietek Always compelling, sometimes diverting and genuinely surprising,,..Mendonça’s film makes a striking, if very different, complement to Walter Salles’ 'I’m Still Here,' also set in the days of the Brazilian military dictatorship.
Posted Dec 30, 2025  Edit critic review
C
Song Sung Blue (2025) Frank Swietek While the zest Jackman and Hudson bring to [Diamond's] songs is infectious...the beats and plot turns are so contrived and melodramatic that the picture strains credulity from start to finish.
Posted Dec 25, 2025  Edit critic review
D
Anaconda (2025) Frank Swietek This intended comedy has fewer laughs than the "serious" horror movie it’s supposedly spoofing...It’s obvious what Anaconda' was aiming for—a main dish of comic zaniness with a side order of scares. But it’s likely to produce only heartburn.
Posted Dec 25, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Marty Supreme (2025) Frank Swietek At two-and-a-half hours, 'Marty Supreme' can feel overstuffed, too much of a good thing; but even a compromised ending can’t diminish Chalamet’s ever-compelling star turn.
Posted Dec 24, 2025  Edit critic review
C
David (2025) Frank Swietek Goes overboard in trying to make the Biblical story of David and Saul exciting and fun for youngsters...with its generalized boys’ adventure plotting and merely serviceable production quality...seems more suited to Sunday school classes than theatres.
Posted Dec 19, 2025  Edit critic review
C
Is This Thing On? (2025) Frank Swietek Credit Cooper with straining to dramatize how difficult it is to keep a marriage together over time, but his effort, while clearly dedicated, doesn’t quite come off.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
C+
The Housemaid (2025) Frank Swietek You have to be in the mood for some really over-the-top empowerment trash to enjoy this gonzo piece, but if you are, it should be your cup of sour tea.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
C
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Frank Swietek If they ever were, the visual attractions of the 'Avatar' series are no longer sufficient to justify a narrative so simple-minded, derivative and repetitive.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
C
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) Frank Swietek A cut above its predecessors in the franchise, but hatchet-swinging Santas are not the rarity they once were, and despite some new wrinkles Nelson’s version is barely passable.
Posted Dec 16, 2025  Edit critic review
D+
Ella McCay (2025) Frank Swietek Lumpen, disjointed and clumsily paced...a stale bucket of CapraCorn that despite a strenuous effort to make us feel good, leaves a bad taste.
Posted Dec 12, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Merrily We Roll Along (2025) Frank Swietek Makes as strong a case for the tweaked musical as one could hope...remains an imperfect show, but this revival proves...that it’s one that can satisfy audiences, even if it’s hardly your ordinary rah-rah crowd-pleaser.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
C
100 Nights of Hero (2025) Frank Swietek A heavy-handed fable of female empowerment that moves very slowly but boasts an attractive cast and striking visuals...if the narrative is a muddle even Sheherazade couldn’t sell, the visual splendor is undeniable.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
C+
Fackham Hall (2025) Frank Swietek It’s a hit-and-miss comic contraption with, unhappily, too many of the latter and too few of the former...mildly amusing and totally disposable, like a mediocre British sitcom.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
C+
Nuremberg (2025) Frank Swietek But a workmanlike dramatization of an event that deserves to be remembered as a noble attempt to devise a mechanism to deal with those responsible for morally unconscionable political and military acts.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
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