‘Snatched’ on HBO: If You Love Watching Movies The Critics Hate, This Is For You

Everyone and their mom watched Bright (the Netflix film pulled in 11 million views in 3 days) and maybe it was because of Will Smith, but a bigger part of that simply had to be that you were home over the holidays and it was available. Well guess what? If you could ignore the critical ass-whooping that elf/cop movie took, you can ignore critics again to watch Amy Schumer’s Snatched. Hey, it’s on HBO now, so you’ve got no excuse not to.

Snatched stars Schumer and Goldie Hawn as a mother-daughter duo who get kidnapped in South America and must work together to get the hell back home. It currently stands at a 36% rating on Rotten Tomatoes which is…not unexpected. Critics were less than pleased with the May 2017 theatrical release, and that’s fine. It’s unlikely anyone on the project was expecting to change the face of cinema with this one. But that doesn’t mean it’s not worth watching.

The fickle popular opinion on Schumer is surely to blame for some of this. But in her defense, there is something that should be appreciated about an actress so unafraid to GO THERE, to put her body and pride on display and to say to the world that she has no shame in doing something she believes is worth the laughs. This is what makes Schumer one of the most unique and daring actresses we have. She’s taking herself so much less seriously than you’re taking her.

In Snatched, she repeatedly brings the LOLs, via physical comedy and even simple conversations. She’s an extraordinary performer, and if you’re a fan, it will be hard not to at least find something to giggle at here. If she’s not your cup of tea, that’s understandable too. Part of her charm is that she won’t apologize for that. But in that case, you should give Snatched a chance for Goldie Hawn who gave the comeback performance of the year here in 2017. She’s an absolute delight and you’d only be doing yourself a disservice to miss it. Plus, Wanda Sykes and Joan Cusack pop up to remind us that they should basically be in everything.

Snatched comes armed with a gross-out scene or two, a few fun action moments, and a mother-daughter relationship that’s nice but still won’t quite move you to tears. Even with a crisp 91-minute runtime, it still feels like a story that could’ve been told just a bit quicker. And sorry in advance, as there are no orcs involved in this film. But if you could set aside reality to watch Will Smith interact with them for a full film (seriously, why did you watch that?), you can find something to appreciate in Snatched. So, no, I’m not saying it’s great. But you don’t like great movies anyway, so what do you have to lose?

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