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Snatch | 
 enlarge | Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Jason Statham, Stephen Graham, Alan Ford, Brad Pitt, Dennis Farina
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: Movie
Buy New: $8.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  344 reviews
Sales Rank: 2107
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Video Download
Running Time: 103
ASIN: B000SP1SEO
Theatrical Release Date: January 18, 2001
Release Date: August 5, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Terrific August 23, 2008
Obviously influenced by 'Pulp Fiction' but this is a brilliant and original film in its own right. Featuring a terrific cast of many known and not so known actors all creating a character that you will remember and be able to quote by the time the movie ends. That makes repeated viewings all the more fun. Also featuring a clever screenplay and a stylish and very creative direction from Guy Ritchie. Far, far surpassing his feature debut - 'Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels' - in almost every way imaginable. Here the deliciously absurd tone and painfully funny dark humor is spread throughout the entire film, which is where 'Lock, Stock' was thrown off balance. It tried to combine humorous elements with scenes that were just plain old grim. A superb array of interlinked characters who help the movie flow seamlessly. This is also Brad Pitt's finest hour in my opinion, despite being unintelligible for almost the whole film! You watch the film and your loyalties for the characters changes as the film progresses, basically wondering how it can work out OK for all the characters, you won't be disappointed by the ending though.
A movie that has it all August 20, 2008
First off, Snatch is an amazing movie in every sense of the word. There are very few movies made where the director obviously did not let one FRAME onto the screen without a reason, and Snatch is one of them. Nothing happens onscreen without it having an effect on the plot. By now you know the plot, or plots. We follow a diamond-heist and the various characters trying to get theirs, at the same time following participants in an illegal boxing ring. The incredible part of the movie is how every scene ties in with the rest somehow, every character connects with the rest at least once. There are complaints that the movie is confusing, or muddled. There are a lot of things that they don't tell you (such as what the dog has to do with anything, but he's a VERY important character), and that's a good thing. Too many movies force feed the audience its plot points. Rather, we just watch occurrences, and have to piece together what ties everything together, the plot weaves together beautifully. The cinematography and performances are fantastic as well. Even the soundtrack is perfect. The camera style during the fight scenes (slowdown/stop/go) makes it difficult to stop watching, the sound effects fit in quietly in the background without being overwhelming. And it will be IMPOSSIBLE to watch this movie without repeating many of the lines around your friends. I found myself saying "Zee Germans" and things like "It's not like he's a set of car keys, now is it?" quite a bit. Naturally, Brad Pitt's pikey is one of the most outlandish I've ever seen.
Snatch--an American perspective August 16, 2008
Very good movie and an interesting and engaging plot. Very good acting. But I had a devil of a time understanding anything anybody said--especially Brad Pitt. Maybe that was the point, but I feel that unless I watch this movie about 5 more times, which I ain't gonna do, I didn't get as much out of it as I could. Can't imagine how anyone from Mississippi or rural New England will be able to see this as anything but a foreign language film.
Snatch August 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Came when it was suppose to but the disc had a crack in it, but it still played so its fine!
 Yikes this one is over hyped July 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I know this has been said before but far too many scenes in this film were stolen from Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting, Go, and the Italian Job. Remember the scene where the three guys try to rob the gangster in the bar and he remains calm and scares them away? Yeah, I liked that one better when Samuel Jackson was sitting in the diner while John Travolta was in the bathroom. Remember the part when the two guys were sitting in the car getting philisophical before committing a crime? Yeah, that was also better when Travolta and Jackson talked about the Royale w/ cheese. They even had the plot centering around a boxer for god's sake? Hello....Bruce Willis was a boxer wasn't he? Spare me people, these five star reviews are funnier than the picture.
The only reason to give this two stars is because while watching it I was reminded of happier times watching better movies. Yay Brad Pitt in another fight movie. Maybe later he'll make one with a fighting club or something similar. Hey I'm onto something there.........
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