Still a clone, but a good one

Rating: 8/10 (19 January 2001)

Thinking in the back of my head that Guy Ritchie's Snatch is just another clone of the Tarantino era flicks and also enormously fashioned after Ritchie's freshman effort Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels, I didn't think Snatch wouldn't be that great. But like how Ritchie's first film surprised me, so did this film, which does the best it can and succeeds, mostly. The plot is pretty tangled and even though the premise deals with a stolen diamond, there are side stories. Many funny moments, however Brad Pitt (with dialogue that makes Adam Sandler's inner voice sound coherent) and a squeaking dog steal the show. A-