Review of Jigsaw

Jigsaw (1962)
3/10
Being bombarded with red herrings gives off the misleading impression it can be solved...
27 November 2020
So, the introduction was well executed. But as soon as the investigation begins, the protagonists immediately draws unexplained conclusions - which progressed the story. It does not take long before the movie is bombarding the viewer with information via nonstop, hasty and mumbling dialogue. Now, combine this with an overwhelming amount of red herrings, and it comes a time where it is easy to zone-out for a moment, as the pacing certainly did not offer that opportunity. Also, this resulted in a less interesting story, as it is entirely possible to not pay attention to most of the dialogue and still have the movie explain it all later on. Evidently, the movie completely surrounds the murder mystery and absolutely nothing else, which means none of characters are interesting and the sole source of intrigue is the conclusion of the murder mystery - but that is already obvious and fundamental. Thus, the movie is quite boring...

Another issue is the misleading movie poster, giving the impression the mystery can be solved by intuition and by being observant. This is really not that case, since the very last shot of the movie actually concludes the mystery - albeit a clever way of ending the movie.
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