Murder by Numbers
Published May 5, 2024
Film info
- Title Murder By Numbers
- Director Barbet Schroeder
- Year 2002
- Run time 2hrs
- Genres Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Tagline The only flaw in their plan was her
A troubled female cop must unravel the perfect murder as she matches wits with two homicidal schoolboys, who believe they can't be caught after committing a motiveless crime. As she gets ever closer to the truth she at once alienates her new partner and puts her own life in peril.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 3:11 | He seems far too smart for this level of school. |
| 8:53 | Following in someone’s exact footsteps is harder than you might think. |
| 16:24 | She’s surrounded by paintings of herself naked that she painted. |
| 20:52 | “I hear you finally passed the bar, Alan. What’d they do, change it to true or false?” |
| 34:04 | Always so convenient for the matching evidence to have been stolen from you. |
| 39:19 | “You’re supposed to be identifying with the killer, not the victim.” |
| 52:16 | Who keeps a baboon as a pet? |
| 1:02:33 | It’s clever to replace the rubbish with another bag. |
| 1:16:13 | Love that she paid out of her own pocket. |
| 1:21:47 | They need to stop designing houses where kids can climb out the window. |
| 1:32:07 | I don’t think pole vaulting is a beautiful sport, it’s kinda gangly. |
| 1:34:45 | “Did you ever get help for all of this?” “Yea, I became a cop.” |
| 1:36:53 | Woah, Ron Swanson just appeared as a random cop. |
| 1:43:58 | Definitely a risk having bullets in only one gun. |
| 1:52:54 | She’s so smart. |
Thoughts
I’ve seen this before and love it, it has all elements that appeal to me: a crime drama, a mystery to be solved, and Sandra Bullock being amazing as always. It’s not so much a whodunit, because you know whodunit, but it’s a how and will they get away with it kind of story. I had forgotten or not realised that Ryan Gosling is in this, he’s in so many more films than I realised! But yea, dark crime movie that’s a must watch.
Rating: 5 / 5