Snatched
Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn (returning to the screen after a 15-year hiatus) are a daughter and mother who find themselves enmeshed in a criminal underworld in Ecuador. From the director of The Night Before, and writer Katie Dippold (The Heat, Parks & Recreation).
After her boyfriend dumps her on the eve of their exotic vacation, impetuous dreamer Emily Middleton (Schumer) persuades her ultra-cautious mother (Hawn) to travel with her to paradise. Polar opposites, they realise that working through their differences as mother and daughter is the only way to escape the wildly outrageous jungle adventure they have fallen into.
- Director:
- Jonathan Levine ('The Night Before', 'Warm Bodies', '50/50')
- Writer:
- Katie Dippold
- Cast:
- Amy SchumerGoldie HawnIke BarinholtzChristopher MeloniRandall ParkWanda SykesÓscar JaenadaColin Quinn
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Dominic Corry
flicksA mother-daughter road trip film that is a waste of comedic talent
Strong but fractious, the mother-daughter bond is a soft target for sit-coms. Fill it with two female legends of comedy, set them on a road-trip movie through exotic locations, add a kidnapping, some bawdy gags and sketches, and hey presto: a box-office success. Even a solid recipe like this can sometimes fail and it certainly has in Snatched (2017). Where...
Variety
pressAn aggressively cartoonish mother-daughter vacation-from-hell comedy that never strays far from the fractious, one-note surface.
Time Out
pressCan Amy Schumer play something other than a directionless, oversexed thirtysomething who drinks too much but learns a few valuable life lessons before the credits roll? Um, no.
The New York Times
pressIt's ultimately as complacent, self-absorbed and clueless as its heroine, and not always in an especially amusing way.
Screen Daily
pressOften amusing but rarely shifting into a higher comedic gear, "Snatched" features fun chemistry between Schumer and Hawn, some delightfully goofy moments of stray hilarity, yet not enough story or heart to keep this thin tale afloat.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA fitfully amusing, entirely disposable mother-daughter caper that's elevated a notch by its gifted central duo and capable direction from Jonathan Levine.
Flicks, Dominic Corry
flicksVariety
pressAn aggressively cartoonish mother-daughter vacation-from-hell comedy that never strays far from the fractious, one-note surface.
Time Out
pressCan Amy Schumer play something other than a directionless, oversexed thirtysomething who drinks too much but learns a few valuable life lessons before the credits roll? Um, no.
The New York Times
pressIt's ultimately as complacent, self-absorbed and clueless as its heroine, and not always in an especially amusing way.
Screen Daily
pressOften amusing but rarely shifting into a higher comedic gear, "Snatched" features fun chemistry between Schumer and Hawn, some delightfully goofy moments of stray hilarity, yet not enough story or heart to keep this thin tale afloat.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA fitfully amusing, entirely disposable mother-daughter caper that's elevated a notch by its gifted central duo and capable direction from Jonathan Levine.
A mother-daughter road trip film that is a waste of comedic talent
Strong but fractious, the mother-daughter bond is a soft target for sit-coms. Fill it with two female legends of comedy, set them on a road-trip movie through exotic locations, add a kidnapping, some bawdy gags and sketches, and hey presto: a box-office success. Even a solid recipe like this can sometimes fail and it certainly has in Snatched (2017)....
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