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- 2001
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 44 m
- 2001
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 44 m
Summary Guy Ritchie's highly anticipated comedy features a colorful ensemble cast in a rollicking ride through London's gangster world, its bustling diamond district and a rowdy gypsy camp. (Columbia Tristar)
Directed By: Guy Ritchie
Written By: Guy Ritchie
- 2001
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 44 m
- 2001
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 44 m
Snatch.
55
8.6
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Summary Guy Ritchie's highly anticipated comedy features a colorful ensemble cast in a rollicking ride through London's gangster world, its bustling diamond district and a rowdy gypsy camp. (Columbia Tristar)
Directed By: Guy Ritchie
Written By: Guy Ritchie
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
55
55% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
29% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
16% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
55
55% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
29% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
16% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Snatch is nothing if not watchable: It has the insane, popcorn rhythms of a Road Runner cartoon, and for that reason alone it's a minor masterpiece.
All about macho my-weapon-is-bigger-than-your-weapon posturing and far-fetched coincidences that slam together in an entertaining rush.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 580 User Ratings
8.6
89% Positive
516 Ratings
516 Ratings
7% Mixed
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
4% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 580 User Ratings
8.6
89% Positive
516 Ratings
516 Ratings
7% Mixed
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
4% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
I've watched this movie at least 20 times
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O.K., Ritchie mistakes flash for style. Perhaps that's the price you pay for storytelling exuberance. If he keeps making films as down and witty as Snatch, we may learn to forgive him.
Since the main reason I go to movies is to engage with characters, I prefer "The Pledge," the film opening today by Madonna's first husband, Sean Penn, rather than this stylish fluff by her second spouse.
There's talent here, but for directing, not writing. If Ritchie wants to last, he's going to have to allow somebody else to write his screenplays.
The problem with all this don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-it dramaturgy is that ultimately everything is sacrificed for effect. When you're dealing, as Ritchie is, with explosions of real violence and viciousness, the hyperslick technique can't accommodate the real pain that comes with the territory, or ought to. What we're left with is a cackling amorality -- not a philosophy of life, just a posture.
It takes a very clever schoolboy to make a movie as elaborately empty as Guy Ritchie's Snatch.
67/100 Umm ... what the hell did I see?
Let's start with good things. Acting in general is good but without subtitles I couldn't understand what they were saying... I'm not a big fan of British English + most actors have a British accent = I did not really understand what they were talking (again, thank god I had subtitles). Some moments of dialogue have been cringe... I liked the intro and generally the chaotic editing but after a while I was tired. The soundtrack is quite energetic, and it suits the movie, of course.
Now the bad parts. I laughed but a few times. Some jokes didn't worked for me ... The story is everywhere and why two stories at the same time? One captivated me (the one with the boxing because Brad Pitt was very good) and the other I didn't cared for it. The color correction was poor, lifeless, painless colors (maybe he wanted to convey a feeling but I did not feel it). I think it was not my taste ... not at all. I understand it's like a sequel to Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and now I say, I will not see it. Too much agitation ... my head hurt. I am among the ones who didn't liked it that much but I could have seen something better...
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An atrocious comedic drama which glamorizes criminal activity, violence, and almost mind-numbingly pervasive profanity...I had a hard time finishing it. Rest assured that your potential for gaining new insight or finding life-enriching meaning of any kind is slim to none; you definitely will not be uplifted. Even just measuring it in terms of simple entertainment value, its wit humor don't come close to compensating for its violence. The kinds of flashy bloodshed and theatrical cruelty which are found in films like Snatch desensitize fragile minds and corrode morals in a way that, yes, does in fact facilitate real-world violence. Brief example: the film's analysis of the efficiencies of pig farms for human corpse disposal some people inevitably walked away reflecting on the strengths weaknesses of different corpse disposal methods...a topic in which they would not have otherwise invested mental energy. I just wish we could have more honest conversations with ourselves and each other about the impact the media to which we expose ourselves has on us individually, and on those among us who are most malleable. Not to be preachy, but that there is any real market for this movie ought to be unsettling to those of us who value human life; this film almost entirely implies that it is worthless. Watch something else...there is plenty of better out there to be seen.
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Production Company
Screen Gems,
SKA Films
Release Date Jan 19, 2001
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating R
Tagline Stealin' Stones and Breakin' Bones
Awards
Empire Awards, UK
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
