Ranking The Best Characters From Snatch - 20 Years Later
5. Vinny
Who: small-time crook partnered with Sol.
What he knows about diamonds: considerably more than he did before prying open the case attached to the arm of Franky Four Fingers. After they discover the central diamond, Vinny and Sol fancy a piece of the action. When it comes to stones, of course, we can't always get what we want.
While Vinny is supposedly the more bumbling in his pairing with Sol, he frequently displays a quick wit, and is the source of some of the film's funniest lines. It's not only laughs that Vinny provides, either - when they (along with third wheel Tyrone) attempt to hold up Bullet Tooth Tony at gunpoint, it's Vinny that assumes the dominant position... for a brief, brief time.
Vinny ends up playing a large role in the general proceedings, even if he doesn't exactly intend to. In fact, it's Vinny's insistence on keeping around a stray dog that winds up getting a lot of people into a lot of trouble at film's end; the dog swallows the diamond sending Cousin Avi into a rage that has mortal consequences for Bullet Tooth Tony.
Vinny and Sol, meanwhile, end up trading bling for handcuffs.
Best quote: Vinny is not impressed with Tyrone's choice of parking spot. "Too tight? You could land a f*cking jumbo jet in there!"