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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 65TheWrapKyle TurnerTheWrapKyle TurnerThere are a couple of impressive set pieces in Jigsaw, but the traps seem fairly rudimentary, and it’s up to the camera work to provide the needed jolts.
- 63RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsWhile I can't exactly recommend seeing Jigsaw, I can tell you that it's fun to watch. I just don't think it's the kind of fun the filmmakers' planned.
- 60EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanIf 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.
- 50VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanFor 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.
- 50Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayJigsaw 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.
- 42IndieWireMichael NordineIndieWireMichael NordineThe 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.
- 42The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerJigsaw isn’t a series low point. It’s less aggressively unpleasant than some of the others.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckConsidering 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.
- 40Time OutTime OutDespite its meticulously detailed gore, Jigsaw is rarely scary.
- 40The GuardianCath ClarkeThe GuardianCath ClarkeWhy 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.