US Weekly’s review of “Get Carter” appears in their Oct. 23, 2000 issue.\u00a0 “Get Carter”\u00a0received a rating of 2 1\/2 stars (out of four possible) with the reviewer saying that:<\/p>\n
\n“\u2026Get Carter isn’t really half bad\u2026”<\/p>\n
“\u2026(Get) Carter is fairly atmospheric and introspective\u2026”<\/p>\n
“\u2026 director Stephen Kay’s artsy touches provide a strong sense of place\u2026”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The reviewer further compliments the “subtlety and poignancy of the scenes between Carter (STALLONE) and his niece (RACHEL LEIGH COOK)\u2026”<\/p>\n
\n“\u2026 this is one STALLONE movie that’s interesting because of, and not despite, its star.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Let’s now remember that “Get Carter” wasn’t given to critics for pre-release review with the implication being that pre-release reviews would only hurt “Get Carter” at the box office. Had the US Weekly review run the opening week, potential “GC” audience members would have read that “GC”:<\/p>\n\n\n
- received an overall 2 1\/2 stars rating which is ABOVE AVERAGE<\/li>
- that it was praised for being introspective and poignant<\/li>
- that the director had been singled out for praise<\/li>
- that STALLONE and RACHEL LEIGH COOK were singled out for praise<\/li>
- that STALLONE was given special praise indicating that his performance really helped to carry the movie.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Don’t you think that these two factors would have been enough to convince more fans to give it a try?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also consider that since “Get Carter” opened last week not as much space was given to the review this week. It received about 1\/3 or 1\/4 of a page with a small picture. “Dr. T and the Women,” which opened this week received the same 2 1\/2 star review BUT got a FULL page (including a 1\/2 page picture).
Same rating but which movie will benefit most?<\/p>\n\n\n\nBTW – There’s a small picture of SLY as Rocky which also appears in the issue in a section called “Heavy Hitters” which features 8 pictures of actors\/actresses who’ve played boxers in movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Craig Zablo (October 14, 2000)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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