Film Preview: Snatched (2017)

Page Revisions:

(December 25, 2016) Original
(February 26, 2017) New Trailer (#3)
(April 2, 2017) New Trailer (#4) / New Poster (#1)
(May 7, 2017) New Posters (#2 & #3)

Release Date:

May 12, 2017

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “When her boyfriend dumps her, Emily, a spontaneous woman in her 30s, persuades her ultra-cautious mom to accompany her on a vacation to Ecuador. At Emily’s insistence, the pair seek out adventure, but suddenly find themselves kidnapped. 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.”

Poster Rating: D / C- / C

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Review: (#1) The poster almost looks like it’s a hand-painted design; however, it isn’t. Either way, it’s a cheap design with little to know thematic relevance.

(#2) A poorly lit, simplistic design that shows a bit of grime and a cheaply entertaining tagline, but little else of merit. (#3) Establishing setting and situation is key to good poster design. It’s too bad that those are the only good qualities this dirty, fake-looking design exhibits.

Trailer Rating: C / C+ / B- / C

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Review: (#1 & #2) The Red Band version (#2) has a few more interesting elements than the Green Band, which gives one hope for the film, but the premise is so ludicrous and some of the humor falls utterly flat, which should give anyone pause before catching this film.

(#3) The first trailers didn’t present sufficient comic moments to justify the film’s existence. With this new trailer, they’ve presented a film that looks more interesting and at least more competently constructed. It’s still not as funny as it should be, but it looks like a better film than expected.

(#4) As funny as the prior trailer was, this one plays few of the same jokes and ends up feeling like a bland, dirty mother-daughter comedy that’s doesn’t think itself very entertaining.