Saw 3D (2010)

All Critics (73) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (66)

Though the film hardly ends the series on a triumphant note, it still qualifies as one of the better entries.

November 1, 2010 Full Review

Jason Anderson

Toronto Star

Top Critic

Like a stumpy limb requiring quick cauterization via steam pipe (our first cringe), the Saw series is begging for closure.

November 1, 2010 Full Review

Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out New York

Top Critic

Strange, dumb, and sometimes even fun.

November 1, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

This series never cared for filmmaking. It never cared for human life. Now it doesn't even care for its audience or itself, scraping together the gist of the other movies, simply in order to have something to sell for Halloween.

November 1, 2010 Full Review | Comments (6)

Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

Top Critic

The same old putrid corpse.

October 29, 2010 Full Review

Nick Schager

Village Voice

Top Critic

I'm grateful that I (presumably) never have to see any more of these ever again.

October 29, 2010 Full Review | Comments (3)

Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

Top Critic

Saw 3D is the seventh Saw I've seen, and maybe the sickest-which is exactly what I said about Saw VI.

February 15, 2013 Full Review

Steve Newton

Georgia Straight

The 3D effects don't help at all in this bland and easily-forgettable entry in the long-running series.

January 6, 2013 Full Review

John Hanlon

Big Hollywood

Another thin Saw franchise installment. Fans of the series will find plenty of the same horrors to enjoy but the film furthers the series' decline into mediocrity.

October 5, 2012 Full Review

Ben Kendrick

ScreenRant

If only the people behind this series would watch some of the older horror films to discover what makes them good. Although, after six clones of the same film, it seems unlikely that they'll ever be able to figure it out.

September 22, 2012 Full Review

Jeff Beck

Examiner.com

Unlikely to satisfy anyone but its most loyal fans, this brings the series to a stumbling close.

August 30, 2011 Full Review

James Luxford

The National

It wasn't the finale I had wanted, relying mostly on unimpressive revisions on previous films attempting to create a series-spanning plot against one man.

August 15, 2011 Full Review

Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

Clearly the Producers have no more ideas for this franchise. It's a good thing they are ending the way they wanted to. To bad its not an ending fans will enjoy or deserve.

May 22, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Michelle Alexandria

Eclipse Magazine

The novelty has worn off and familiarity has kicked in as the creators show no signs of deviating from a well-worn formula. Now it's the Police Academy of its style.

March 3, 2011 Full Review

Andreas Heinemann

Flicks.co.nz

The epic, game-changing twist of an ending which brings the series effectively full circle, is so ridiculously, even laughably over-the-top and off-the-rails that it feels more akin to the quirky, self-aware tone set by the last film.

February 10, 2011 Full Review

Shaun Munro

What Culture

The Saw franchise ends with a blood-soaked whimper.

February 5, 2011 Full Review

R. L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

Fast-paced and straight-faced, and full of "ewwww!' moments that play up to the film's effectively cheesy use of 3D.

November 17, 2010 Full Review | Comments (3)

Jim Schembri

The Age (Australia)

Saw 3D may just be the Saw-iest Saw film of them all.

November 7, 2010 Full Review

Simon Abrams

Slant Magazine

Well, I think I've finally seen the final "Saw," this time in 3D.

November 6, 2010 Full Review | Comments (3)

Linda Cook

KWQC-TV (Iowa)

R.I.P., Jigsaw. Stay dead.

November 5, 2010 Full Review | Comments (3)

Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

More proof that the MPAA's ratings system is useless: If the level of gory violence in these Chuck Jones-meets-Herschell Gordon Lewis set-pieces doesn't demand an NC-17 designation, what does?

November 5, 2010 Full Review | Comments (9)

John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Hate...HATE!!!

November 4, 2010 Full Review

Bob Grimm

Reno News and Review

The filmmakers continue to regurgitate the same pile of puke each and every year for us to lap up. Sure, those chewed chunks of bile-soaked carrot are now in "eye-popping" 3D, but that certainly doesn't make them taste any better.

November 4, 2010 Full Review

Anders Wotzke

Moviedex

It's kind of amusing in the sheer silliness of its splattery shenanigans. I don't think that was intended, but I'll take whatever value I can get out of the thing.

November 4, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The 3D is barely-there, the clanging machine-rock soundtrack is merciless, and the traps are decidedly ho-hum. Even running its final lap, Saw still oozes mediocrity.

November 4, 2010 Full Review

Total Film

If this is actually the last gasp for Saw, it goes out on the same note it's played for years -- screaming bloody murder.

November 3, 2010 Full Review

Jude Allder

Empire Magazine Australasia

• 1. Bobby: I love you Joice, I never lied about that...
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• 1. Hoffman: As you may have guessed, your decision will be as difficult as pulling teeth.
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• 1. Cale: Oh fuck me.
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• 1. Dr. Gordon: I don't think so.
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• 1. Dr. Gordon: Game over.
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• 1. Dina: What are you doing, you fucking assholes!?
  2. Ryan: I think we're breaking up with you, Dina.
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