Video Capsule Review

Murder by Numbers (2002)

More

Credits

Release Date: Apr 19, 2002; Rated: R; Video Release Date: Sep 24, 2002; Genres: Comedy, Crime, Thriller; With: Sandra Bullock and Ben Chaplin; Distributor: Warner Bros.

By Joshua Rich

Joshua Rich

Joshua Rich is a staff editor for EW.com

The only mystery in this run-of-the-mill thriller is how Sandra Bullock and the talented Ryan Gosling ever got stuck in it. He plays a spoiled punk who, with brooding buddy Michael Pitt, has apparently committed the perfect murder. She's the haunted CSI expert on their trail. The Leopold and Loeb update that follows is as rote as the title Murder by Numbers suggests -- its greatest innovation being that the boys are done in by, of all things, an errant pile of vomit. Which is all too fitting.

Posted Sep 27, 2002

More

Review Murder by Numbers (Apr 19, 2002) | Lisa Schwarzbaum
Review Murder by Numbers (Apr 19, 2002) | Lisa Schwarzbaum
Spring Movie Preview The A-List (Apr 05, 2002) | Josh Wolk
Flashes Burning Question | Lisa Costantini
Cover Story SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER | Lisa Schwarzbaum
Movie News Female-driven films at the box-office | Adam Markovitz

Add Your Comments

The rules: Keep it clean, and stay on the subject or we might delete your comment. If you see inappropriate language, e-mail us. You must have javascript enabled to submit a comment.