But I like style over substance. Who took the jam out of your donut?

Rating: 8/10 (27 October 2006)

(r#93)
Whine, whine, whine, is that all you people know how to do? I mean, sorry to burst your bubble, but Snatch is not the kind of film you give an in-depth analysis. Snatch is a roller-coaster ride that you just sit back and enjoy. It is a brilliantly funny movie, with an unimportant story which still takes a couple of viewings to fully absorb. Add to that a fantastic cast, including Benicio Del Toro, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, the dog, and Alan Ford as the sweet-natured Brick Top. Add to *that* that Guy Ritchie's fantastic way of using his camera and music to give the fantastic flair that is the trademark of his "lorry-gangsta" films. What more could you want?
Everyone's raving about Brad Pitt's performance as the incomprehensible Mickey, and yes, he's great. But Rabe Serbedzija doesn't get nearly enough attention as Boris the Blade! This guy is pure comic genius. Watch the scene where he's selling a gun to Turkish's partner Tommy. A fantastic actor all around. But what am I talking about? Literally every single actor is hilarious in this film. Benicio Del Toro is a complete psycho, Jason Statham keeps burning his buddy Tommy, Alan Ford is brutal (in more than one way) as the crime boss who feeds people to the pigs. The rather unknown Robbie Gee, Lennie James and Ade all hit the right notes as three slightly-less-than-competent street thugs.
Do I even need to say that the script is utterly brilliant? Who can forget these lines?? "I shoot you! You go down!"; "It was two minutes five minutes ago!"; "What? You don't think I've got the vitamins?"; "Do you know what 'nemesis' means?"; "It was *behind* you, Tyrone. When you reverse, things tend to come up from behind you!"; "Tommy, 'the tit', is praying. And if he isn't, he f-ing should be."; "Don't snatch!"; "I love this song!"; "Anything to declare?" "Yeah. Don't go to England."; the list goes on and on.
Overall a hilarious, forgettable, but instantly quotable flick to just turn on and enjoy the hell out of whenever you're bored. And what's wrong with that? Do you really want every film to change your life? Snatch is entertainment at its finest, and if you have to whine about 1-dimensional characters, bad storyline, or style over substance, start a blog. At least then we won't have to read it.
PS. IMDb doesn't know what a blog is.