Murder by Numbers
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Metascore
50 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 35 Critics What's this?

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6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

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  • Starring: Sandra Bullock
  • Summary: Faced with the challenge of solving a "perfect murder," homicide detective Cassie Mayweather (Bullock) is forced to face and free herself from the tormented past she buried long ago. (Warner Bros.)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 35
  3. Negative: 3 out of 35
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    80
    Turns potentially forgettable formula into something strangely diverting.
  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    60
    Isn't a great movie, but it's a perfectly acceptable widget.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    60
    Engrossing but psychologically shallow tale.
  4. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Russell Smith
    30
    In context, it's utterly, dismayingly typical.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. Lopez17
    5
    In May of 1924, two young Jewish men named Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb had planned to commit the perfect murder they had it all thought out in there heads taking seven months to put their devious little murder into motion. They picked there target a young Polish immigrant named Robert Franks; everyone called him Bobby, Franks was an extended relative and neighbor of Richard Loeb. The duo lured young Bobby Franks into the car where either Loeb or Leopold struck Franks with a Chisel and stuffed a sock into his mouth young Franks died soon after. They covered the body and drove to a remote location near Wolf Lake in Hammond Indiana; they removed Frankâ… Expand
  2. GaborA.
    2
    Let me start by saying that no script ever written could be made into an enjoyable movie done with the terrible, straight to TV directing of this film. It was laughable. On top of that the script was aweful. This is the worst type of thriller, boring and dry and then still inconceivable and stupid. This film really ends up with no redeeming qualities because what would have been good acting is dissolved by the stupidity of the scenes in which they try to act.… Expand

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