Perfection

Rating: 10/10 (12 January 2015)

Everything about Snatch is perfect. The casting, script, storyline, creativity, editing, soundtrack and direction are all outstanding. I literally do not have a single fault with this movie, to me; it is one of the greatest examples of how a film should be made.
The casting is brilliant, every actor transforms themselves into their character superbly, and there isn't a single actor who doesn't give a convincing performance. Snatch is so successful thanks to its flawless script, every scene is perfect with countless memorable one liners such as: 'In the quiet words of the Virgin Mary... come again?', 'Protection from what? "Zee Germans"?', 'I'm sorry, I couldn't get the bin-noc-u-lars out in time' & 'You'll raise Hell. Never mind pulses'. It is hilarious one moment & tense the next.
There are two plot points in the movie, the chase of an extremely valuable diamond and the organisation of an illegal underground boxing fight. It is a story that involves a boxing promoter, a fat getaway driver, a wheeler dealer who pretends to be a Jew, a diamond dealer, a gangster who feeds his victims to his pig farm, an aggressive Gypsie, a hit-man and a sneaky f****** Russian!
The pace of this movie is spot on; it doesn't slow down from the first second to the last. There are so many different characters and the story switches between them often but not once do you get confused, which is usually very hard to achieve. It is so well made and the characters are that convincing and have so much depth that you feel for every single character. They are all likable in their own way. You can tell this is a Guy Ritchie movie straight away, his directors style is shown off to its fullest here. The camera angles, the edits, the sound effects & the soundtrack are all done to perfection. The Soundtrack is fantastic, so many brilliant tunes are included and they are picked carefully so nothing feels out of place.
When you mix great actors, with fantastic characters, give them a faultless script and let Guy Ritchie direct the whole thing, you are bound to create something special. I cannot stress to you how good this movie is. Go and watch it, now!
10/10