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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.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violence, language and some nudity

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jan 19, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $30,093,107

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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Marke Andrews
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Vancouver Sun
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If an audience heads to "Snatch" expecting to see new ground broken by the writer-director, well, they will be disappointed.

Full Review Source: Baseline.Hollywood.com | comment Comment
12/21/01
Ted Murphy
Ted Murphy
Baseline.Hollywood.com

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 3 Comments
04/15/08
Channel 4 Film

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

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
04/02/01
Andrew Howe
Andrew Howe
eFilmCritic.com

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

Ritchie doesn't have a whole lot to say about matters of fate, morality and manhood.

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01/19/01
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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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

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

Like the director's other film, this has no strong role for a woman.

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01/01/00
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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 3 Comments
05/22/03
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

An orgy of macho posturing and cheap film-school tricks masquerading as style, a supposedly comic dance of violence and gore that repulses rather than entertains.

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01/03/01
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Emits the embarrassing aura of a filmmaker desperate to be considered cool yet utterly inept at finding original ways to reach that status.

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12/06/00
Gregory Weinkauf
Gregory Weinkauf
New Times

Mayhem posing as hip; motion aspiring to chic.

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Harvey S. Karten
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