27 October 2008 10:34 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news
Like the previous Saw movies, Saw V was not screened in advance for critics. And indeed many critics did not bother to stand in line at theaters to catch it over the weekend. Several who did obviously had their knives sharpened before they saw it. Nathan Lee of the New York Times indicated that he had been prepared to call it "a revolting, nerve-racking trip into the cesspool of the human imagination." Instead, he said, he found the movie "just plain boring and even a little tame." Lee's reaction is typical. Elizabeth Weitzman in the New York Daily News calls the movie "as disappointing as a Halloween bag filled with nothing but raisins." Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel also uses the Halloween metaphor, calling the movie "as fresh as a jack-o-lantern left out in the sun until Thanksgiving." And the performances by the actors, Sam Adams suggests in the Los Angeles Times are as horrible as the plot. "It's not a good sign when watching someone stick their hand into a table saw is easier than listening to them recite dialogue," he writes. On the other hand, any moviegoer who has "a taste for watching people get mutilated" and has "an intricate knowledge" of Saw movies will likely find Saw V "a reasonably satisfying film."
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