Snatch In-Depth Analysis

1. Film Case Study: Snatch
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2. Synopsis
The film opens as we see boxing promoter
Turkish and his naive partner Tommy, sitting
nervously before an unseen man, in London.
Turkish gives a brief narration about the
circumstances, then the movie really takes off.
We then jump to Antwerp, where gangster
and compulsive gambler Frankie Four Fingers
and his buddies, dressed like rabbis, pull off a
daring robbery and nab an 86-karat diamond
(throughout the rest of the film, it's either 86-
karat or 84-karat, depending on which
character states it, or it loses value after going
through so many hands). One of Frankie's
men is the brother of ex-KGB gangster Boris
the Blade (Rade Serbedzija), aka Boris the
Bullet-Dodger, named due to his unique
ability to defy death. Boris is now in the
business of selling guns on the blackmarket,
and lures Frankie to buy a gun, in order to
steal the diamond.
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3. Direction
The director, Guy Ritchie,
directed Snatch as a
crime comedy film which
poses the question:
Where is the stone? This
is a caper about a
diamond heist gone
helter-skelter, the rough
world of bare-knuckle
boxing, an unpredictable
Irish gypsy and a dog.

4. Guy Ritchie
Before the release of
Snatch, Guy Ritchie directed
his first breakthrough film
Lock Stock and Two
Smoking Barrels (1998)
which received high ratings
from film critics such as
IMDb receiving a 8.2/10.
This gave Guy a huge
reputation in Filmography
which would encourage him
to direct and write more
films. Snatch was soon after
written and directed by him.

5. Cast

6. Jason Statham
Statham is known for his roles
in the Guy Ritchie crime films
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking
Barrels (1998), Snatch (2000)
and Revolver (2005) . He has
also appeared in the heist film
The Italian Job. The majority
of those films have achieved
very high ratings from film
critics which established Jason
Statham’s reputation as a well
known actor.

7. Brad Pitt
Pitt first gained recognition as a
cowboy hitchhiker in the road
movie Thelma & Louise (1991). His
first leading roles in big-budget
productions came with the
dramas A River Runs Through It
(1992) and the Legends of the Fall
(1994). This established Brad Pitt
as a known actor in progression to
go into leading roles. Then Brad
took on one of the leading roles in
the film Snatch (2000) as a bare-
knuckle boxing gypsy which
brought about further recognition
by other directors and film
producers.

8. Release Date and Statistics
Release Date: 23 August 2000 (UK), 19 January
2001 (US)
Box Office: 83.3 million USD
Opening Weekend: $8,005,163 (USA) (21
January 2001)
Runtime: 102 Minutes
Budget: 6 million GBP

9. Production Company: Columbia
Pictures

10. Columbia Pictures
Before the release of Snatch,
Columbia Pictures released a series of
other well known films from the 90s
such as Stuart Little (1999) , Hamlet
(1996) and Bad Boys (1995). These
films built up the reputation of
Columbia Pictures since they have
been consistently producing high
grossing films of various genres. This
varied from a Shakespeare drama to a
young audience movie to a crime
comedy. Since Bad Boys made the
most box office of 141.4 million USD,
this encouraged the company to
produce another crime comedy film.
Therefore Snatch was produced by
Columbia Pictures, resulting in a box
office of 83.6 million USD.

11. Snatch Distributor: Screen Gems

12. Screen Gems
Before the distribution of Snatch,
Screen gems managed the
marketing of the two films
Arlington Road (1999) and Limbo
(1999). Both of these films built
up a fairly good reputation with its
reviews. Arlington Road received a
7.2/10 from IMDb and a 62% from
Rotten Tomatoes and Limbo
received a 7.1 from IMDb and 72%
from Rotten Tomatoes. This
reputation was then used to
distribute Snatch which gave the
films the very high box office of
83.6 million USD.

13. Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures and
Screen Gems
Columbia Pictures (1918) and Screen Gems
(1933) are both divisions of Sonly Pictures
Entertainment (1991). Columbia Pictures
specialized in producing films while Screen
Gems was a division focused on producing and
distributing animated and short films. Both of
these divisions were involved in the making of
Snatch. Columbia pictures producing the film
and Screen Gems managing the distribution of
the film.

14. Critics: Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb

15. Rotten tomatoes
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most trusted measurement of quality entertainment. As
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reviews from professional critics, Rotten Tomatoes offers
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world famous Tomatometer rating represents the
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TV shows and is used by millions every day, to help with
their entertainment viewing decisions. Rotten Tomatoes
designates the best reviewed movies and TV shows as
Certified Fresh. That accolade is awarded with
Tomatometer ratings of 75% and higher, and a required
minimum number of reviews. Weekly Rotten Tomatoes
podcasts can be found on RottenTomatoes.com, iTunes,
Soundcloud and Stitcher, and Rotten Tomatoes'
entertainment experts make regular TV and radio
appearances across the US.
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16. IMDb
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17. Snatch: Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

19. Snatch: Review by IMDb

21. My thoughts on Snatch and agreement
with critic reviews.
Snatch was an excellent film in my opinion. The banter
between the characters never failed to create an enjoyable
sense of humor throughout the film. There were multiple
plots in the storyline which I did understand, however other
audiences may have found it challenging to understand this
and may leave them with questions which shouldn’t be asked
after watching the film.
I do also agree with the raitings from Rotten Tomatoes as well
as IMDb since the humor generated in the film was consistent.
However the only letdown was the misunderstanding of
multiple plots which some of the audience may experienced.