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Snatch (2001)

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Reviews Counted:135

Fresh:97

Rotten:38

Average Rating:6.4/10

Consensus: This movie is very similar in plot, style, and characters to Guy Ritchie's previous work, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, but Snatch stands on its own as stylish, plot-twisting, frenetic entertainment.

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A diamond heist gone helter-skelter, the rough and tumble world of bare knuckle boxing, a colorful Irish gypsy and...a dog. Writer-director Guy Ritchie’s highly anticipated Snatch is a rollicking... A diamond heist gone helter-skelter, the rough and tumble world of bare knuckle boxing, a colorful Irish gypsy and...a dog. Writer-director Guy Ritchie’s highly anticipated Snatch is a rollicking ride through London’s gangster world, the bustling diamond district and a rowdy gypsy camp.

Diamond thief and courier Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro) arrives in London en route to New York to deliver a huge diamond to boss Avi (Dennis Farina). In his mission to offload smaller stones to Avi’s cousin, Doug 'The Head' (Mike Reid) and other local Hatton Garden jewellers, he is tempted into placing a bet on an illegal boxing bout by Boris 'The Blade' (Rade Sherbedgia). Little does he know that Boris has set him up - and local pawnshop owners Vinny (Robbie Gee) and Sol (Lennie James), along with their rather plump getaway driver, Tyrone (Ade) are to rob him at the bookies.

Meanwhile, novice unlicensed boxing promoters Turkish (Jason Statham) and his business partner Tommy (Stephen Graham) move into the 'big time' through a fight with local kingpin villain, boxing promoter and pig farm owner, Brick Top (Alan Ford). But when the novice’s fighter is knocked out by Mickey O’Neil (Brad Pitt), a wildcard Irish gypsy boxer, the boys convince him to fight in their boxer’s place in Brick Top’s rigged match.

Unfortunately, Mickey proves to be highly unreliable and the duo find themselves in trouble as the fearless fighter refuses to "go down in the fourth" as planned. Luckily, the gypsy’s prowess and technique impress Brick Top -- saving all three from the fate of his pig farm. The catch is Mickey has to fight again -- and has to get it right this time -- since Brick Top more than happy to use brutality and bloodshed to make his point.

In New York, news that Franky has been waylaid by the bookies sends Avi into a tailspin and he and his henchman hop on a plane to London. They hire local legend, 'Bullet Tooth' Tony (Vinnie Jones) to find Franky and the diamond. The sorry fate of the diamond courier is soon discovered and the hunt for the missing stone launches everyone into a madcap spiral which threatens to spin out of control...

Double-crossing, double bluffing and double-dealing abound as various parties pursue personal agendas -- all of them illegal, some of them farcical and most of them destined to end in blood, pain and retribution. As plans go haywire and tempers fray, dogs, diamonds, caravans, boxers and assorted weaponry get swept up into a chaotic free-for all... [More]

Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Brad Pitt, Rade Sherbedgia

Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Brad Pitt, Rade Sherbedgia, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, Mike Reid, Robbie Gee, Lennie James, Ade, Alan Ford

Director: Guy Ritchie

Director: Guy Ritchie
Screenwriter: Guy Ritchie
Producer: Matthew Vaughn
Composer: John Murphy
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Reviews for Snatch

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Of the ensemble, only Pitt truly shows his class, delivering an amusing yet emotive performance amongst a group of actors who -- at best -- are pandering to laddish culture.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment 2 Comments
04/15/08
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If you liked Lock, Stock, you'll like this.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Andrew Collins
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Too many uninteresting and therefore unnecessary characters and dialogue which now seems plain cheesy.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
01/01/00
Ben Falk
Ben Falk
BBC
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Snatch gives us a few distinctive and stylish moments, then recycles them and somehow expects that to be good enough.

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01/01/00
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic

Breezy, efficient fun ... nothing more.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
12/10/01
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Ritchie's follow-up to Lock, Stock is an even more craftily concocted underworld entertainment, helped no end by the casting of Pitt as the bare-knuckle boxer Mickey.

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02/09/06
Wally Hammond
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What we have here is a gaudy mess. At times it feels like it's being made up as it goes along.

Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | comment Comment
12/02/02
Xan Brooks
Xan Brooks
Sight and Sound

The movie is not boring, but it doesn't build and it doesn't arrive anywhere.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment 5 Comments
01/19/01
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Simply put, Snatch stinks.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment 3 Comments
01/19/01
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

There's just not a lot of fun to be had here. The plot is too convoluted, too filled with double-reversals and twists for us to turn our brains off, relax and watch Guy Ritchie's kinetic visual style.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment 2 Comments
05/22/03
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

It's rather like the favorite pastime of this movie's villain ... throwing wild dogs into a pit and watching them fight until there's only one left standing.

Full Review Source: Looking Closer | comment 1 Comment
12/06/04
Jeffrey Overstreet
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer

...showoff filmmaking that blatantly ignores the needs of story and character in favor of whatever happens to look 'cool.'

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment 1 Comment
06/05/02
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

Ritchie knows how to start a fire -- striking with more accuracy, confidence and cleverness here than in Smoking.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
12/08/00
E! Online
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As an unfolding event, Snatch is fun to watch, even if no reasonable person could hope to understand the plot in one viewing.

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01/19/01
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02/07/01
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03/24/02
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08/10/02
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12/08/02
Film Threat
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A particularly wearying example of a recent wave of British gangster films.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
01/17/01
Amy Taubin
Amy Taubin
Village Voice

Snatch jettisons everything which was admirable about Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

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04/02/01
Andrew Howe
Andrew Howe
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