The picture above (although a much smaller version)
appears with the review of "Get Carter" in Entertainment
Weekly's Oct. 20, 2000 issue. The movie received a rating of "C"
with the reviewer saying that "the only fun is in watching
STALLONE square off against ALAN CUMMING, as a crybaby zillionaire,
and MICKEY ROURKE..."
Let's consider this for a minute now... "Get
Carter" wasn't given to critics for pre-release reviews...
the implication being that they would only hurt "GC"
at the box office. Had
the review in EW run the opening week, potential "GC"
audience members would have read that "GC" received
an overall "C" rating and that
STALLONE, ROURKE, and CUMMING all received special positive mention
for their scenes together... don't you think that these two factors
would have been enough to convince more fans to give it a try?
I do.
BTW - The Entertainment Weekly Top 20 Movie
Chart listed "GC" in third place for it's opening
weekend (behind "Meet the Parents" and "Remember
the Titans") with a $6.6 million opening.
- Craig Zablo (October 14, 2000) |