Guy Ritchie's 2001 crime/comedy 'Snatch' is pretty similar to his 1998 film Lost, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, but it is hardly as funny or engaging as the later. Weird and exaggerated characters (which includes a wonderful turn by Brad Pitt as indecipherable gypsy) along with "fabricated from top to bottom" plot, Snatch offers some good laughs. The story is somehow needlessly complex, and the various subplots do not churn out very nicely together.
Ritchie is always known for his style, and Snatch never falls short in that department - swift cuts, rocking music and some innovative narrative devices. But style cannot lead substance, can it?
Unfortunately at the very end, the film hardly delivers excitement and sheer fun which it promises. In short, Snatch is above average stuff. If you pass this one, you'll hardly miss anything special.
2.5/5
Ritchie is always known for his style, and Snatch never falls short in that department - swift cuts, rocking music and some innovative narrative devices. But style cannot lead substance, can it?
Unfortunately at the very end, the film hardly delivers excitement and sheer fun which it promises. In short, Snatch is above average stuff. If you pass this one, you'll hardly miss anything special.
2.5/5
