Review of Get Carter (1971) by Peter Schjeldahl for The New York Times — 23 Jan 1990
Its violence is so ghastly and unremitting and its view of the human condition is so perfectly vile that one would almost rather wash one's mouth out with soap than recommend it. Yet it is so finely acted and crafted—and is so spectacularly better than the run of its genre—that as a lover of movies one feels practically diity‐bound to sing its praises.
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This review of Get Carter (1971) was written by Peter Schjeldahl and published by The New York Times on 23 Jan 1990.
Get Carter has generally received very positive reviews.
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