Murder by Numbers

2002
R
1h 55m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

64K

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Psychological Thriller Crime Mystery Thriller

Two gifted high school students execute a perfect murder - then become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective.Two gifted high school students execute a perfect murder - then become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective.Two gifted high school students execute a perfect murder - then become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

64K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,902

1,386

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations

Trivia
The characters Richard Haywood and Justin Pendleton are loosely based on real-life murderers Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold.

Goofs
It is said that there are no fingerprints from Justin or Richard, but they are shown carrying Olivia's dead body wrapped in plastic to the car and neither of them have gloves on, thus there should have been fingerprints from Richard and Justin found on the plastic that the dead body was wrapped in.

Quotes
Justin: All real freedom risks crime. Indeed, freedom *is* crime, because it thinks first of itself and not of the group.

Connections
Featured in Six Feet Under: I'll Take You (2002)

Soundtracks
Smooth Rock
Written by Chris Goulstone
Courtesy of Associated Production Music LLC

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Featured review

7/10

It's cliche but harsh to give lower then a 7

Like I said in the header it's definitely cliche but it'd harsh to give a 6. Ive seen a lot of 6's but I couldn't personally go that low. It definitely didn't blow me away. You've got to remember though this film came out nearly 20 years ago. The acting was all round was really good absolutely no complaints there. I'd have to say Ryan gosling shined the most, he played his psychopath role really well which is a hard role to master well especially at his young age. There's not much to say on it, it's good but not amazing. You won't be disappointed, it's also just fun watching younger actors then compared to now.