In 1983, Sonic Youth said: "confusion is sex". Well in 2000, "confusion is snatch"!

Rating: Null/10 (17 October 2003)

"Snatch" is a movie that I wanted to see for a long time because I heard a lot of good things about Guy Ritchie's movie. So I watched it and I must say that I was absolutely amazed. I mean that I didn't feel happiness but disappointment, a big disappointment...
However, at first, "Snatch" is a promising movie thanks to a catchy story. In short, it deals with a pursuit around a priceless diamond in which (too many) characters and a dog are involved.
But the main problem of "Snatch" resides in its screenplay. The quality of the screenplay is identical as Brad Pitt's way of speaking in this movie (he acts a gipsy who's keen on boxing). It means that the screenplay is so confused that it makes the movie hard to follow. You could even think that the plot is non-existent. Indeed, instead of following the unifying thread of the main plot, you feel that the movie is divided in several individual little plots apparently without any link. The screenplay is also muddled due to an important number of the characters.
Moreover, Guy Ritchie obviously wanted to make a black comedy. This is in itself a good idea but here, we deal with a black humor that isn't very well exploited. So as a consequence, you don't laugh a lot.
As for Ritchie's directing, well we can say that it's lively, maybe a little too lively to leave the movie an impression of botched up in spite of interesting and clever ideas. Ritchie must have been influenced by "Fight Club" (1999) by David Fincher because his making contains likenesses with Fincher's making in the quoted film.
At the end, "Snatch" is a disappointment and an unfunny movie. One last thing: be warned! The movies that are included in the top 250 on imdb aren't inevitably the best ones...