Benicio Del Toro, Brad Pitt, Dean Smith

Snatch poses a very important question: Where is the stone? This is a caper about a diamond heist gone helter-skelter, the rough-and-tumble world of bare- knuckle boxing, an unpredictable Irish gypsy ...( read more  read more... )and a dog. 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 involving an 86-carat diamond. As plans go haywire and tempers fray, dogs, diamonds, mobile homes, boxers and assorted weaponry get swept up into a chaotic free-for-all. The question is - who will emerge with the stone?

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R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Guy Ritchie

Release Date: January 19, 2001

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DVD Release Date: July 3, 2001

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  • September 26, 2009
    A film about boxing, diamonds, gangsters pretending to be Jews, a fat getaway driver, a rather vicious dog and man eating pigs. Guy Richie has followed the success of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels with an equally stunning and ambitious return just as Tarantino did with Pulp...( read more) Fiction. The characters are so colourful they jump right off the screen, the dialogue so snappy you want to learn it by heart and the acting simply wonderful. Vinnie Jones reveals he can act and Brad Pitt shows that he is far more than a pretty face and could well win a best supporting actor oscar for his role as Irish Mickey. See this movie!!!!
  • September 14, 2009
    It's the brilliant cast that make Snatch a great movie because it certainly isn't Guy Ritchie's irritating script and average direction!
  • July 22, 2009
    The release of Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" in 1994 prompted a schism in the staid gangster movie genre: the standard hallmarks - serious characters, gunfights, intrigue and damsels in distress - were enhanced with snappy dialogue, and gallows humour. The biggest change however was...( read more) the introduction of the mobius strip-style plot line, where the concept of time is no longer linear, instead constantly folding in upon itself, flitting between past, present and future that forces the viewer to pay close attention lest they miss some subtle detail. Inevitably, numerous copycat films emerged that tried to capitalize on Tarantino's success, but it wasn't until 1998 when Guy Ritchie, an unknown British director, took on the challenge that a successor was found. Now Ritchie is determined to prove that his first time out wasn't a fluke.

    Turkish is a young man with an entrepreneurial bent, who, when he's not running his gambling operation, manages bareknuckle boxers. Through a business deal gone wrong, he becomes acquainted with one Mickey O'Neil, a mumbling manic motor-mouthed piker who also happens to be a one-punch marvel. Turkish persuades Mickey to join his stable of fighters, but soon discovers that Mickey has his own agenda, and gets Turkish in trouble with the gangsters who run the underground boxing circuit. Other characters that become involved in the drama include a four-fingered degenerate gambler/jewel thief, a vicious boxing promoter, a gang of inept robbers, a polite hitman, a crazed Russian gun runner, a group of Irish gypsies, a crooked New York jeweler and a pugnacious pet. The common thread binding them all is a perfect diamond the size of a peach pit. If you aren't confused yet, you soon will be.

    "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", Mr. Madonna's (Ritchie) first film, was shot on a small budget, with a no-name cast (except for football bad boy Vinnie Jones) and quickly became a rousing success at home and found receptive audiences abroad. While not a technically a sequel "Snatch" is stylistically very similar to "Lock, Stock?": Ritchie utilizes his trademark bombastic staccato sequences, and repeatedly bounces off on radical tangents to throw the viewer off balance. He did however opt for a decidedly darker satirical tone in this film, that may make some people uncomfortable (think "Very Bad Things"). What struck me as particularly daring was his decision to create a story with such a voluminous cast.

    Ritchie faced a daunting task with this film: how, with roughly twenty principal characters, does one adequately flesh out each character, and not hopelessly confuse the audience? The feat was made doubly difficult, as several cast members are big name stars. Somehow Ritchie manages - each actor is full bodied, receives ample screen time, and no one character is the centerpiece. With so many talented actors, it is difficult to pick out one performance that stands out: Rade Serbedzija is hilarious as the mad Russian who blithely burns through each of his nine lives, as is Vinnie Jones' manic gentleman hitman. On the other end of the spectrum, is Alan Ford as Brick Top, the promoter with a penchant for pigs, who epitomizes cold-blooded viciousness. If forced to pick my favorite however, I would have to go with Brad Pitt

    Pitt resurrects his trailer trash look from "Kalifornia" and adopts a nearly indecipherable brogue that sounds like my best friend's Uncle Wally on a bad day. As Mickey O'Neil, the hard drinking wily grifter and part-time pugilist, Pitt displays a wide range of emotions, demonstrating again that he is not only a star, but also a gifted character actor. And I would be remiss if I didn't mention the dog that subtly stole every scene he appeared in.

    While "Snatch" initially struggles to find its stride, and is very similar to Ritchie's earlier film, it is fresh and funny enough to make you forget any minor shortfalls and stand on its own.
  • June 4, 2009
    Got to love Guy Ritchie <3
  • April 4, 2009
    "Stealin' Stones and Breakin' Bones"

    Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

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    This film doesn't hesitate to get right to the action. The opening credits alone were a draw for me. The fast frame, freeze action was masterfully done. Throughout the film, the viewer is given the eyes of several of the characters, by use of the camera, which was quite enjoyable. The use of different angles really emphasized the emotion and tasteful action of each scene as well as evoked a sense of interaction with the viewer. The line between what's reality and what isn't becomes really thin when the viewer becomes engaged as such. One thing, though, the accents were hard to follow, so for me, watching the film was a bit of work, but well worth it in lieu of the art of it.
  • November 6, 2009
    Gotta Love the Gypsie's!
  • November 5, 2009
    I heard it was funny...dunno
  • November 5, 2009
    i like the part when the two idiots try to get out a door and can't then the other guy opens it from the outside







    i liked Brad Pitt's charater in this movie and Jason Statham too
  • November 1, 2009
    Similiar to Get Shorty or The Bank Job, after it has finished, you ask yourself: "What the f*ck just happened?" In a good sense.
  • October 29, 2009
    Favorite Guy Richie movie.

Critic Reviews


March 22, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Bouncing around in a world of bare-knuckle boxing, gypsy swindlers, pretend Jewish diamond merchants, indestructible Russian assassins and a thug who disposes of bodies by feeding them to hungry pigs,... full review

June 4, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

He's not breaking new ground with Snatch, merely fine-tuning the knack for disreputable kicks he showed in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. full review

February 7, 2001
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

It takes a very clever schoolboy to make a movie as elaborately empty as Guy Ritchie's Snatch. full review

January 19, 2001
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Loaded down with too many characters and locations. full review

January 19, 2001
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie is not boring, but it doesn't build and it doesn't arrive anywhere. full review

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  • ufcchick66
    March 27, 2008
    Snatch... ROCKS... !
  • dizzydara
    March 22, 2008
    oooo brill film love it i think its the best film ive seen in a long time i might be very weird to say this but i think tommys nice looking lol
  • genuxx
    March 2, 2008
    Hi everybody!
    What means Mickey's sentence: "You got this, Loman!" on 50min 30sec? Some British slang?
  • rongomikey1
    November 29, 2007
    "Pull your tongue out of my arsehole Gary" loved the script and the movie to boot.
  • BloNDBUFFoN
    November 17, 2007
    "do ye like daags" LOLZ priceless
  • danperry17
    August 20, 2007
    What the hell's a Pikey? I think Brad Pitt just studied Newfoundlanders to pick up his accent... which, if true, only makes the acting and the character work he did MORE awesome.
  • gazmac21
    July 29, 2007
    Shut up and sit down you big bald fuck! quality line!! haha
  • shaundempsey3
    June 26, 2007
    best film ever
    vinnie jones and alan ford were pure class
  • DrGonzo07
    June 14, 2007
    no-one messes wit the irish especiaaly when they are fucking pikeys
  • putnama
    May 1, 2007
    I like the first fight part with the irish gypsy

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