Murder by Numbers

The well honed script relies on the characters to make familiar territory fascinating. Great editing helps to glue us to our seats, and Clint Mansells score is at once invisible and yet a concrete platform for the inner ear. ... Full Review

While engrossing, diverting, and nicely acted, Murder by Numbers doesn't have the sting in the tail it needs to be a memorable thriller. Musings about the meaning of character's costumes or the cars they drive are even less impressive. ... Full Review

his talents are thoroughly under-used.....Sandra Bullock unleashes an engaging, sombre intensity....Some strong performances help, too.....sells her damaged-cop character to the hilt despite being saddled with some shocking dialogue.....Pitt is deliciously, subtly unhinged.... ... Full Review

And if I have another film that a success, thats great. In retrospect, Bullock is even more glad she chose not to produce Murder By Numbers; it was not easy. ... Full Review

Murder By Numbers [Special Edition] That shocking circumstance, the horror of the murder and the horror of two ordinary young people committing a vicious crime out of sheer boredom, undoubtedly served as the inspiration for the fictional case presented in "Murder By Numbers," the 2002 police-investigative thriller starring Sandra Bullock. ... Full Review

Final thoughts I found Murder by Numbers to be a definitely entertaining detective thriller. Video The best word to describe the transfer of Murder by Numbers is "uneven. ... Full Review

though the film's exterior sequences are remarkable to behold.....Halo effects are obtrusive during many interior sequences.....though the film's exterior sequences are remarkable to behold.....Halo effects are obtrusive during many interior sequences.....Gosling and Pendleton's engaging performances compliment the film's quaint pacing, forceful compositions and Schroeder's suggestive use of objects (naked female portraits, a copy of Rimbaud's The Drunk Boat )..... ... Full Review

Bullock gives a very good performance in a difficult role. Gosling and Pitt are also good as they play out their own complex relationship, with some sexual overtones. It seemed to me Chaplin's performance was a little weak. ... Full Review

But that doesn't necessarily make "Murder by Numbers" an awful film;....it's certainly watchable, but it never escapes its paint-by-numbers design.....If only "Murder by Numbers" weren't about Cassie and simply about the crime--or, better yet, the criminals..... ... Full Review

As good as Bullock is, fresh young actors Ryan Gosling (2000's " Remember the Titans ") and Michael Pitt (2001's "Hedwig and the Angry Inch") steal the show as Richard and Justin.....Both Gosling and Pitt have the demure, sophistication, and overwhelming screen presence of an actor twice their age.....Director Barbet Schroeder wisely does not treat Richard and Justin as one-dimensional villains....Murder By Numbers" is a skillfully woven motion picture....As partner-turned-possible-love-interest Sam Kennedy ... Full Review