Snatched (2017)
When her boyfriend dumps Emily, a spontaneous woman in her 30s, she persuades her ultra-cautious mom to accompany her on a vacation to Ecuador. When these two very different women are trapped on this wild journey, their bond as mother and daughter is tested and strengthened while they attempt to navigate the jungle and escape.
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Why so much hype?
Simply A Masterpiece
In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
I laughed so much, Goldie made this movie. Not a big fan of Amy Schumer so I was reluctant to watch it and wouldn't have if it weren't for Goldie.
I can't understand all the bad reviews on here. With comedies, I just try to go by how much the movie made me laugh, and snatched made me genuinely laugh at least 15 times, which is way more than most comedies. Amy and Goldie are a very, very funny comedy team, "rock stars" as Peter Travers wrote, giving it a fresh rating. Especially funny is how they play off Douglas's Romancing the Stone character. I can't help but to think there's a rat when it comes to all the ratings--a sexist rat, haters who just hate Amy, the way they just hate Melissa M. Women like Tina F and Amy P are also very, very good comics. Maybe all the hateful reviews also love Adam Corolla, who said, in pure male entitlement fashion, women simply are not as funny as men. This movie is hilarious. See it now.
Which is a shame, because I have been a fan of Goldie Hawn ever since the Laugh In days and "Overboard" and "Private Benjamin" are pearls of my film collection. But this film doesn't work on any level, despite a few funny moments, and most of it is painful to watch - it's too weak even to be offended by; just a huge disappointment.
If you stick with this movie you will have a lot of fun. The beginning is slow, unfunny and trying too hard to be funny while it just ends up be crude. But about half an hour it things really turn around. It becomes one of those buddy action movies from the 80s like Romancing the Stone. If it had been rated PG-13 to cut out the unnecessary crudeness and if the beginning was shorter this would be a very good movie. If I was going to watch it again I'd start at least 20 minutes in. It's still enjoyable for what it is and it does have a sweet message. Plus, I honestly can't think of many buddy mother-daughter movies so it's worth seeing so long as you don't go in there expecting too much.