Sawdances close to the edge of cliche, but doesn’t fall into the pit too often. It sets up some excellent red herrings, and I was satisfied with the ending.
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11/02/04
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Saw (2004)
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Reviews Counted:158
Fresh:74
Rotten:84
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: A twisted and gory horror film that's not for the squeamish.
Theatrical Release:Oct 29, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $55,153,403
Synopsis: How far would you go to save your own life? Prepare yourself for a gut-wrenching trip into the heart of terror with SAW, Lions Gate Films’ gripping horror film starring Cary Elwes, Danny Glover,... [More]
Starring: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Monica Potter, Danny Glover
Director: James Wan
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Reviews for Saw
You may scream & wince more from the pain of witnessing poor Cary Elwes overact his way through the film than you will from all the bloody scenes in Saw added together.
10/28/04
A pointless exercise in shock value.
11/03/04
There is such a storm of terrible dialogue in Saw as to legitimately draw comparisons to none less than Ed Wood.
09/27/07
The terror has started immediately, and won't relent until the final frame. No, make that five minutes after the final frame.
10/27/04
Saw is a marketing campaign in search of a movie.
10/28/04
Top CriticWhat few moviegoers will like is the film's insistence on dwelling in the underbelly of taste.
10/28/04
Top CriticSaw has its moments, and most of them are brutal in the extreme, but ultimately it's one tremendous misfire that will either leave you laughing or, possibly, gagging.
10/31/04
Chooses gore for the sake of gore, and cuts its own throat.
11/01/04
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10/06/04
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12/27/07
Saw often resembles the ghastliest editions yet of Fear Factor and Survivor and features some of the grodiest direction this side of Project Greenlight.
10/29/04
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10/30/04
Atrocious...I was fully ready to give up an arm and a leg to escape.
11/04/04
A fun ride if you don't think too much about it after it's over.
10/29/04
I’m glad I saw “Saw” because it was pretty good.
01/03/05
An efficiently made thriller, cheerfully gruesome, and finally not quite worth the ordeal it puts us through.
10/29/04
Top CriticSaw is a nasty, nasty piece of business. And I mean that in the nicest possible way.
10/28/04
Horror fans will find plenty to shriek about. Everyone else should keep their distance.
11/04/04
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