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Murder by Numbers
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The body of a young woman is found in a ditch in the woods of the small California coastal town of San Benito. The two gifted high school students who thought they had executed the 'perfect' murder must become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective.
The body of a young woman is found in a ditch in the woods of the small California coastal town of San Benito. The two gifted high school students who thought they had executed the 'perfect' murder must become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective.
Actors:
Chris Penn,
R.D. Call,
Sharon Madden,
Brian Stepanek,
Krista Carpenter,
Paula Scarpino,
Todd Leatherbury
Chris Penn
10 October 1965, Los Angeles, California, USA
R.D. Call
Sharon Madden
8 July 1947, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Brian Stepanek
6 February 1971, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Krista Carpenter
Paula Scarpino
Todd Leatherbury
Country:
United States
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Washington Post
April 19, 2002
Turns potentially forgettable formula into something strangely diverting.
Common Sense Media
December 26, 2010
Predictable thriller is definitely not for kids.
October 26, 2002
Director Barbet Schroeder, whose Barfly (1987) remains one of the most memorable in my mental filmbank, shoots this script with the kind of concentrated power that turns every scene into the most effective tool emotionally as well as expositionally.
January 07, 2004
... It leaves you feeling that it could have been so much more.
June 25, 2004
The problem is that there's no real mystery to this mystery.
Ebert & Roeper
April 22, 2002
Bullock is good, the script is not.
June 01, 2002
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.
August 01, 2003
Lesson learned: Never ask Ben Chaplin to lose his British accent.
May 17, 2002
It's well worth catching for its interesting twists on the Leopold and Loeb story.
February 08, 2003
The literal cliffhanger ending is far too overblown to be convincing, but most of what comes before it deserves praise.
Village Voice
April 23, 2002
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.
Chicago Tribune
July 20, 2002
The outline of Murder by Numbers may be familiar, but the filmmakers and Bullock do an expert job of filling in the colors.
