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NUMBERS
Box Office: $31,874,869
VHS Rentals: $10,080,000
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CONSENSUS
A predictable police procedural that works better as a character study rather than a thriller.
CAST & CREW
Sandra Bullock, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt
Directed by Barbet Schroeder
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SYNOPSIS
When the dead body of a woman is found in the woods near the river, feisty homicide detective Cassie Mayweather (Sandra Bullock) and her new partner, Sam Kennedy (Ben Chaplin) are assigned to the case. more...
MPAA RATING
R, violence, language, a sex scene, and brief drug use
RUNTIME
2 hours, 1 minute
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Apr 19, 2002
Video: Sep 24, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Warner Bros.
GENRE
Dramas, Thriller, Murder, Police, Murder Mysteries, Murder Investigations
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Murder by Numbers Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
POSTERS
TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
PRODUCTION NOTES
NEWS ARTICLES
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "[It's] a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest."
-- Victoria Alexander, FILMSINREVIEW.COM
 "A TV style murder mystery with a few big screen moments (including one that seems to be made for a different film altogether)."
-- Ross Anthony, HOLLYWOOD REPORT CARD
"Murder by Numbers just doesn't add up."
-- Todd Anthony, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"The script is too mainstream and the psychology too textbook to intrigue."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, PALO ALTO WEEKLY
"An interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse, three-dimensional characters and believable performances all add up to a satisfying crime drama."
-- Rick Bentley, FRESNO BEE
"Doesn't add up to much."
-- Jay Boyar, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"Sandra Bullock, despite downplaying her good looks, carries a little too much ain't- she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff."
-- Bridget Byrne, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"Bullock’s complete lack of focus and ability quickly derails the film"
-- Jason Clark, MATINEE MAGAZINE
"The story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired. The performances are all solid; it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"Largely, this is a movie that also does it by the numbers."
-- Mike DeWolfe, APOLLO GUIDE
"The movie has generic virtues, and despite a lot of involved talent, seems done by the numbers."
-- David Elliott, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
"As a hybrid teen thriller and murder mystery, Murder by Numbers fits the profile too closely."
-- Dan Fazio, CITYSEARCH
"...the plot weaves us into a complex web."
-- Blake French, NUTZWORLD
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"Works as another uncompromisingly adult movie that assumes its audience is intelligent and doesn't have to cut narrative corners to make viewers feel safe."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"Sandra Bullock's best dramatic performance to date (is) almost enough to lift (this) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser...above its paint-by-numbers plot."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"Murder By Numbers is like a couple of mediocre TV-movie -of-the-week films clumsily stuck together."
-- Liz Braun, JAM! MOVIES
"A subtle variation on I Spit On Your Grave in which our purported heroine pathologically avenges a hatred for men."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"...the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"Everything its title implies, a standard-issue crime drama spat out from the Tinseltown assembly line."
-- Michael Dequina, MR. BROWN'S MOVIES
"The movie’s major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula, though, and it’s quite enough to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had."
-- Mark Dujsik, MARK REVIEWS MOVIES
"A movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture. We can tell what it is supposed to be, but can't really call it a work of art."
-- Michael Elliott, MOVIE PARABLES
"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
"A thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid of urgent questions."
-- Bill Gallo, NEW TIMES
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ROTTEN 48%
Avg. Rating: 6/10 |
"There are things to like about Murder By Numbers -- but, in the end, the disparate elements don't gel."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
"After an uncertain start, Murder hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with Bullock's memorable first interrogation of Gosling."
-- Mike Clark, USA TODAY
"Bullock does a good job here of working against her natural likability."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"For much of its length, the film is plausible, if predictable and ponderous. Its strongest assets are its actors."
-- Chris Fujiwara, BOSTON GLOBE
"An unpleasant though sometimes effective psychological thriller that is noteworthy for being the film in which actress Sandra Bullock has gotten her act back together."
-- Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"Murder by Numbers' isn't a great movie, but it's a perfectly acceptable widget."
-- Ann Hornaday, WASHINGTON POST
"Turns potentially forgettable formula into something strangely diverting."
-- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST
"[Gayton's script] telegraphs every discovery and layers on the gloss of convenience."
-- Peter Howell, TORONTO STAR
"What's missing in Murder by Numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens' deviant behaviour. Being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough."
-- Liam Lacey, GLOBE AND MAIL
"A respectable but uninspired thriller that's intelligent and considered in its details, but ultimately weak in its impact."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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"Forget the misleading title, what's with the unexplained baboon cameo?"
-- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
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* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Murder by Numbers" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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