Less a classical narrative than an ingenious machine for inducing terror, rage, and paralyzing unease.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Saw is a gristle-cut B psycho thriller that would like to tap the sickest corners of your imagination. It has a few moments of nightmare creepiness, but it's also derivative and messy and too nonsensical for its own good.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
Does a better-than-average job of conveying the panic and helplessness of men terrorized by a sadist in a degrading environment, but it is still not especially scary.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Carina Chocano
Saw is so full of twists it ends up getting snarled. For all of his flashy engineering and inventive torture scenarios, the Jigsaw Killer comes across as an amateur. Hannibal Lecter would have him for lunch.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: David Hiltbrand
The film is a squeamish exercise, like watching a cruel child pull the wings off flies - especially the climactic scene, which is so gory it would turn a coyote's stomach.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Mark Holcomb
With its toilet-bobbing and blood spurting and Elwes's fey, Vincent Price–like mugging, Saw succeeds in capturing something like Takashi Miike by way of William Castle. Happy Halloween, indeed.Read Full Review »
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