Calvin's Snatch Review

                “Snatch” is yet another movie that follows the parallel lives of seemingly random people and their random encounters with each other. Each character in the film was unique and interesting. The chemistry each of them had with each other made each scene thoroughly enjoyable. The plotline was clear and concise, but complicated enough that at no point throughout the film did the audience know what was going to happen next. Overall, “Snatch” is a great movie.

                That’s not to say “Snatch” is perfect. One particular error is the sheer volume of characters the film introduced at the same time. During the opening credits there is a montage that gives three second introductions to what felt like twenty characters each with names like “Franky Four Fingers.” This is a lot of information to dump on the audience at one time. Throughout the rest of the movie I didn’t even think there was a surplus of characters simply because the movie did a good job of introducing them one at a time when the characters were actually needed. Even if the movie had the montage, but did not have the characters names of the characters displayed during the montage that would have fixed my problem with having too many characters introduced too fast. As it stands now however, this one scene overwhelmed me and almost scared me off from watching the rest of the movie.

                Another fixable error that could have made the movie more enjoyable to watch if fixed is the character’s accents. Some of the characters have great accents like Turkish. However, some of the actors over did their accents and this not only made the movie seem fake, but also made the movie hard to follow. When I say some characters, I do not mean Brad Pitt’s character. Brad Pitt’s character was supposed to have an accent that the audience would have to strain to understand and he did a great job of achieving this goal. One character whose accent was subpar was Brick Top. Brick Top having a very thick accent added absolutely nothing to the movie and nearly every one of his lines is crucial for plot development. Giving Brick Top a hard to understand accent only raised the chance of the audience falling behind in the plot and forcing them to put in the effort to catch up.

                These two complaints were minor things in a sea of great directing and acting. The director clearly went out of his way to be creative and original and that alone is a sign of a great film.