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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Tony Gayton (written by)
Release Date:
19 April 2002 (USA)
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Tagline:
Justice will be served more
Plot:
Two gifted high school students execute a "perfect" murder - then become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Murder
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High School
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Investigation
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FBI
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Psycho Thriller
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Awards:
2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(24 articles)
Sandra Bullock to Be Honored at Santa Barbara Festival
(From Alt Film Guide. 7 December 2009, 12:26 PM, PST)
It's All About Zac Efron as Me & Orson Welles Opens
(From ScreenStar. 18 November 2009, 11:54 PM, PST)
(From Alt Film Guide. 7 December 2009, 12:26 PM, PST)
It's All About Zac Efron as Me & Orson Welles Opens
(From ScreenStar. 18 November 2009, 11:54 PM, PST)
User Comments:
Gripping despite being overly familiar
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sandra Bullock | ... | Cassie Mayweather / Jessica Marie Hudson | |
| Ben Chaplin | ... | Sam Kennedy | |
| Ryan Gosling | ... | Richard Haywood | |
| Michael Pitt | ... | Justin Pendleton | |
| Agnes Bruckner | ... | Lisa Mills | |
| Chris Penn | ... | Ray Feathers | |
| R.D. Call | ... | Captain Rod Cody | |
| Tom Verica | ... | Asst. D.A. Al Swanson | |
| Janni Brenn | ... | Ms. Elder | |
| John Vickery | ... | Restaurant Manager | |
| Michael Canavan | ... | Mr. Chechi | |
| Krista Carpenter | ... | Olivia Lake, the Victim | |
| Neal Matarazzo | ... | Male Officer in Flashback | |
| Adilah Barnes | ... | Lab Technician | |
| Jim Jansen | ... | Lawyer |
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language, a sex scene and brief drug use.
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Runtime:
120 min
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Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Netherlands:12 |
Iceland:16 |
Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) |
Malaysia:U (cut) |
France:U (with warning) |
New Zealand:R16 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Canada:14A |
Finland:K-15 |
Germany:16 |
Norway:15 |
Peru:14 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of the Grisons) |
UK:15 |
USA:R (Certifitcate #38866) |
Portugal:M/16 |
Philippines:R-18 |
Australia:M (TV rating)
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Henry Bean, who also directed Ryan Gosling in The Believer (2001), did several uncredited re-writes on this film.
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Continuity: Richard's hair goes from long to short and back to longer in a matter of days.
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Anything But Down
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Is "Murder by Numbers" based on a book?What did the baboon have to do with anything?
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As a hard-nosed cop investigating an apparently motiveless murder, and appearing to unravel as she does so, Sandra Bullock does something approximating to real acting in Barbet Schroeder's overly familiar thriller. Ryan Gosling and Michael Pitt play a couple of high school kids who commit a Loeb/Leopold style crime, planting a number of false 'clues' so that the police will build up a picture of the killer. They even have a suspect lined up. Of course, the one thing they didn't bank on was Bullock's chip-on-the-shoulder uberbitch detective.
Schroeder does not build his film visually. It has a conventional TV movie feel to it and, despite being well played, Pitt's nerdy all-knowing geek is a bit too formulaic. But the film holds you nevertheless. Schroeder displays a storyteller's gift for how things should develop, (though a subplot involving an earlier violent event in Bullock's life seems like an unnecessary intrusion). And as the cock-of-the-walk arrogant yet vulnerable rich kid killer Ryan Gosling is the real McCoy. He can convey charm and menace in equal measure and often in the same moment and confirms his status as one of the best young actors in movies at the minute.