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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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The film is a bit exhausting, like being trapped inside a pinball machine with a plot.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
01/18/01
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Snatch is loathsome in an unusually cheeky way. It's as if someone decided that black comedy needed to be put to death, using an electric saw that laughs.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
01/18/01
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

Does Ritchie's set of strengths add up to only one type of plot? Put Lock, Stock and Snatch next to each other, and the similarities are embarrassing.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
01/18/01
Theresa Everline
Theresa Everline
Orlando Weekly

In fondly revisiting (carbon copying, it often seems) his first film, he's proved merely what we already knew: that he can unleash comic mayhem par excellence. Enough of the little boys with big guns. It's time for Guy to grow up.

Full Review Source: Mr. Showbiz | comment Comment
01/18/01
Kevin Maynard
Kevin Maynard
Mr. Showbiz

While watching Snatch, you'll sometimes wish the dialogue had subtitles and the movie came equipped with a plot synopsis. But you're bound to leave the theater with a smile.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
01/18/01
Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News

(Anti-)social Darwinism has rarely been more entertaining.

comment Comment
01/18/01
Tom Keogh
Tom Keogh
Film.com

You see the filmmaker setting up all of the flips and switches, yet he still surprises you with how he triggers them and what mayhem they cause.

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01/18/01
Mark Caro
Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune

Will [audiences] laugh so hard at the pit bull with the squeaky toy stuck in its throat that they ignore the lulls in the plot? Will they find the humor in a guy getting his arm hacked off?

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
01/18/01
Todd Anthony
Todd Anthony
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

It's not a sequel, not a remake; it's reheated Ritchie.

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01/18/01
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

The acting and dialogue are bulletproof, especially by Britain's Alan Ford.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
01/18/01
Jackie Potts
Jackie Potts
Citysearch

It's the actors' conviction, no matter how bloody or ridiculous the plot turns, that gives the movie much of its loony humor.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
01/18/01
Steve Murray
Steve Murray
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

[Ritchie] puts the pedal to the metal in this consistently entertaining felony farce for the hip at heart.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
01/18/01
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

The dialogue is never quite as witty as it thinks it is, and the convoluted narrative and endless gun battles become wearisome over time.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
01/18/01
Scott Von Doviak
Scott Von Doviak
culturevulture.net

A fast-paced funny film.

Full Review Source: Talking Pictures (U.S.) | comment Comment
01/17/01
Tony Toscano
Tony Toscano
Talking Pictures (U.S.)

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

The kind of moronic, blood-soaked exercise in nihilism that might have felt fresh 25 years ago if accompanied by a score of Sex Pistols music, but now is stale and moldy in its excesses.

Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine | comment Comment
01/17/01
Chuck Rudolph
Chuck Rudolph
Matinee Magazine

At least Ritchie's leanly plotted, briskly directed yarn is more entertaining than all the other Brit gangster flicks that trailed in the wake of Lock, Stock.

Full Review Source: Popcorn | comment Comment
01/17/01
Robin Askew
Robin Askew
Popcorn

Raucous and crude, but never boring or predictable.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/16/01
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Fun for a time until the repetition factor sets in.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
01/16/01
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

A frantic, riotous caper comedy that never stops coming at you.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
01/15/01
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
 
 
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