Entertainment Weekly’s review of “Get Carter” appears in their Oct. 20, 2000 issue.
“Get Carter” 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)