Critical Review

Saw was a financial success: shot on a meager budget of about US$1.2 million, it earned over $55 million at the box office. [1] Critical responses were mixed: Saw earned a 45% rating from Rotten Tomatoes, and a 29% rating from the "cream of the crop" (the most esteemed professional critics), qualifying it as "rotten."[2] Audience response was largely positive, as Saw has both a 74% "fresh" user rating at Rotten Tomatoes, and a 7.6 score on the Internet Movie Database.[3]