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The New York Times by A.O. Scott
Mr. Ritchie seems to be stepping backward when he should be moving ahead.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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For those who care, Madonna has found her match in Guy Ritchie, whose absence of talent when it comes to the film medium is equal to her own.
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Philadelphia Inquirer by Carrie Rickey
Since the main reason I go to movies is to engage with characters, I prefer "The Pledge," the film opening today by Madonna's first husband, Sean Penn, rather than this stylish fluff by her second spouse.
63
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
The movie was snatched, all right, and Ritchie is the culprit.
60
It all feels rather laddish and belabored, but it will eat up 90 minutes of your time without making you regret the loss.
70
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
Even if it's not quite as lighter than air as its predecessor, Snatch remains a lethal diversion.
40
New York Magazine (Vulture) by Peter Rainer
The problem with all this don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-it dramaturgy is that ultimately everything is sacrificed for effect. When you're dealing, as Ritchie is, with explosions of real violence and viciousness, the hyperslick technique can't accommodate the real pain that comes with the territory, or ought to. What we're left with is a cackling amorality -- not a philosophy of life, just a posture.
75
Miami Herald by Rene Rodriguez
Snatch is admittedly superficial, if not downright disposable. More importantly, though, the movie is also fantastic, cheeky fun.
75
Portland Oregonian by Shawn Levy
The convoluted story is an excuse for comical tricks of the camera, fractures of chronology, acid punch lines and amusingly excessive performances. (In this latter category, Pitt, so deep into his character that you can smell him, wins the day gloriously.)
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It takes a very clever schoolboy to make a movie as elaborately empty as Guy Ritchie's Snatch.
I always say Guy Ritchie's films are best when his budget is smaller, not bigger. Put him with some stylish British blokes in London, add in some guns and stolen property and you've got yourself a film. The film bounces around with a manic energy, a comedy of errors and diamonds. It's great fun, and I hope Ritchie can replicate its success some day.