Fresh
The outline of Murder by Numbers may be familiar, but the filmmakers and Bullock do an expert job of filling in the colors.
Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune
Murder by Numbers
The only flaw in their plan was her.
2002 · 2h · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Barbet Schroeder
Overview
Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men: cold, calculating killers whose dark secrets might explain their crimes.
Director and cast
- Barbet Schroeder Director
- Sandra Bullock as Cassie Mayweather
- Ben Chaplin as Sam Kennedy
- Ryan Gosling as Richard Haywood
- Michael Pitt as Justin Pendleton
- Agnes Bruckner as Lisa Mills
- Chris Penn as Ray Feathers
- R. D. Call as Captain Rod Cody
- Tom Verica as Asst. D.A. Al Swanson
- Janni Brenn as Ms. Elder
- John Vickery as Restaurant Manager
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
We're less in suspense over how (or if) the killers will be caught than we are over the question of just who this tough, hedonistic detective is.
F.X. Feeney, L.A. Weekly
Fresh
It's well worth catching for its interesting twists on the Leopold and Loeb story.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
As long as Schroeder stays with the kids, the film musters a good deal of restless tabloid intensity, and even the occasional twinge of pathos.
Dennis Lim, Village Voice
Rotten
Bullock is good, the script is not.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
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