Jigsaw
Lionsgate | Release Date: October 27, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
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2
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3
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60
EmpireKim NewmanOct 26, 2017
If you don’t like Saw, this isn’t going to change your mind – but it’s skilful, satisfying schlock and respectful of its fanbase. And the final death is a show-stopping coup de grace. Read full review
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The Film StageJohn FinkOct 29, 2017
Occasionally entertaining and cringe-inducing, it’s largely more of the same: a retread of previous Jigsaw/Saw outings that sets the series up for new revenue opportunities without slaying larger dragons. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyDarren FranichOct 28, 2017
It feels too long, and it’s only 90 minutes. Jigsaw’s lifecoach-gone-mad ruminations have never sounded less threatening: He is become mansplainer, destroyer of drama. But there are lasers. I liked the lasers. Read full review
50
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoOct 27, 2017
Jigsaw feels like a forced hodgepodge of previous franchise entries that never carves its own identity, making you question what prompted such an expected reboot these few years later. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayOct 27, 2017
Jigsaw isn’t awful. It’ll do the job for anyone who must see a “Saw” movie in theaters on Halloween weekend. But a trip to a real-world escape room — or rewatching the original “Saw” — might be a better use of time and money. Read full review
50
VarietyOwen GleibermanOct 26, 2017
For 92 minutes, it more or less succeeds in sawing through your boredom, slicing and dicing with a glum explicitness that raises the occasional tingle of gross-out suspense but no longer carries any kick of true shock value. Read full review
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IGNWilliam BibbianiOct 29, 2017
Jigsaw barely feels like a part of the Saw franchise. It has deathtraps, but takes no pleasure in presenting them. It ignores most of the ongoing storyline. If it wasn’t part of the official franchise it would play like a knockoff. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerOct 27, 2017
Jigsaw isn’t a series low point. It’s less aggressively unpleasant than some of the others. Read full review
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IndieWireMichael NordineOct 27, 2017
The question with a movie like Jigsaw, which was preceded by seven “Saw” movies and did not screen for press, isn’t “Is it good?” but rather “How bad is it?” The answer, dear reader, is “quite.” Jigsaw is quite bad. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovNov 1, 2017
I like my shockers to be anything but predictable, and Saw is the very definition of predictability and, ultimately, tedium. That horse corpse has been flogged and flayed enough, already. Read full review
40
The GuardianCath ClarkeOct 27, 2017
Why drag the franchise back now? The screamingly obvious answer is sheer cash-grab cynicism. Or perhaps it’s to cater to the generation of kids who’ve grown up riding the Saw-themed roller coaster at Thorpe Park. Either way, it’s depressing. Read full review
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Time OutMichael GingoldOct 27, 2017
Despite its meticulously detailed gore, Jigsaw is rarely scary. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOct 26, 2017
Considering the long amount of time since the last installment, you'd think that more effort would have been put into creatively reviving the franchise. But Jigsaw just seems rote and mechanical, with long stretches of its running time feeling like a police procedural or CSI spinoff. Read full review
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