Murder by Numbers (2002) Critic Reviews

Turns potentially forgettable formula into something strangely diverting.Read the full review

The result is two or three cuts above genre standard.Read the full review

Bullock does a good job here of working against her natural likability, creating a character you'd like to like, and could like, if she weren't so sad, strange and turned in upon herself.Read the full review

Though Schroeder makes you squirm more than you want to at the inevitable scenes of the trussed-up female murder victim, he also has the proclivity and the skill to make at least the B-picture half of Murder by Numbers of more than passing interest.Read the full review

For much of its length, the film is plausible, if predictable and ponderous. Its strongest assets are its actors.Read the full review

Towards the end, Murder By Numbers reverts to form with cheesy clichés, plot twists, and a fair amount of unnecessary action, but that's easily the film's low point.Read the full review

Isn't a great movie, but it's a perfectly acceptable widget.Read the full review

Engrossing but psychologically shallow tale.Read the full review

Even though Bullock engages in a climactic scene of blue-screen peril, she essentially cedes the match to the kids. In this mediocre murder case, their presence is the only thing that's really killer.Read the full review