Murder by Numbers Reviews
Common Sense Media
Predictable thriller is definitely not for kids.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Reel Film Reviews
Lesson learned: Never ask Ben Chaplin to lose his British accent.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Film Quips Online
The literal cliffhanger ending is far too overblown to be convincing, but most of what comes before it deserves praise.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Urban Cinefile
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.
Lawrence Journal-World
There are times when the movie plays like a version of Alfred Hitchcock's Rope if the Jimmy Stewart role were replaced with the team from TV's C.S.I.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
The outline of Murder by Numbers may be familiar, but the filmmakers and Bullock do an expert job of filling in the colors.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Cinenganos
Murder by Numbers nos obliga a identificarnos no con los representantes de la ley, sino con los autores del crímen.
| Original Score: 8/10
TheMovieChicks.com
The story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired. The performances are all solid; it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
L.A. Weekly
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.
It's well worth catching for its interesting twists on the Leopold and Loeb story.
Film Journal International
Murder by Numbers is a handsome production that isn't Oscar bait, but will surely hook sizeable audiences.
Laramie Movie Scope
Some will not like this film because it doesn't offer easy answers. It doesn't have the usual, pat Hollywood ending.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
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.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The conventional crime film seems lively when it isn't trying too hard to be so cute.
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| Original Score: B-
DustinPutman.com
A psychological thriller that is as thoroughly involving and taut as it is intelligently written.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Fresno Bee
An interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse, three-dimensional characters and believable performances all add up to a satisfying crime drama.
| Original Score: B-
Fantastica Daily
Murder by Numbers isn't a mystery -- we know whodunit right away -- the fun of it is in guessing how they did it, if they plan on doing it again, and whether or not they'll get caught.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Arizona Republic
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