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Murder by Numbers (2002)

R 04/19/2002 Crime, Drama, Thriller 2h 0m
61%
User
Score
6.2/10
50/100

The only flaw in their plan was her.

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.

Barbet Schroeder

Director

Tony Gayton

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock

Cassie Mayweather

Ben Chaplin

Ben Chaplin

Sam Kennedy

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling

Richard Haywood

Michael Pitt

Michael Pitt

Justin Pendleton

Agnes Bruckner

Agnes Bruckner

Lisa Mills

Chris Penn

Chris Penn

Ray Feathers

R. D. Call

R. D. Call

Rod Cody

Tom Verica

Tom Verica

Al Swanson

Janni Brenn

Janni Brenn

Ms. Elder

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Media

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on June 19, 2014

A pact made with relentless fire that requires that, while some live, others die.

A modern spin on the Leopold and Loeb case, directed by Barbet Schroeder and starring Sandra Bullock as a cop with emotional baggage trying to prove that two high school kids (Ryan Gosling and Michael Pitt) have committed what they think is the perfect murder - just for kicks, allegedly.

There's nothing exactly awful about the film, it's well performed by the principal players, engrossing in narrative, beautifully lensed by Luciano Tovoli and Schroeder layers the production with a suitable feeling of unease. Sadly there's no psychological depth given the two boys by writer Tony Gayton, which renders the whole motives and means, and the investigation of such, as being a shallow exercise in thriller film ...

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A review by JPV852

Written on January 1, 2021

Decent crime-thriller that I saw back in 2002 (probably in theaters as I did go on a weekly basis back then) and while never really impressed me, still found it watchable thanks to the performances from a young Ryan Gosling (only his fifth film) and Michael Pitt, and Sandra Bullock was alright as a damaged homicide detective. Plot plays like an episode of Criminal Minds, which isn't a bad thing to me. Also fun seeing Nick Offerman in a bit role. **3.25/5**...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on July 6, 2022

This is yet another role in which Sandra Bullock plays a cop on the outskirts of her team. She is "Cassie", a woman with intimacy issues who gets teamed up with "Sam" (Ben Chaplin) whom she toys with as if he were a kitten both personally and on their case to investigate what looks like the perfect murder. A distinct lack of clues leads her bloodhound nose to a school where, without the slightest shred of evidence, she alights on the wealthy "Haywood" (Ryan Gosling) to whom she takes an instant dislike. Further ferreting around lead the pair to "Pendleton" (Michael Pitt) who is partial to a little caviar, as was the corpse. Might they all be connected? I've rarely seen a potentially decent ensemble cast wasted like this. Bullock just isn't at the races, her character is frankly really quit...

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