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Actors: Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Murder by Numbers |
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Two students decide to commit the perfect murder. They kill a random girl and they take evidence and frame another man. The police almost fall for it, except for one cop who believes that the kids were behind it. She then sets out to prove them guilty.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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A mildlyy entertaining thriller with a great performance from Sandra Bullock as a tough police detective. Better to wait for the video.
--Lindsay Jacobson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Murder by Numbers |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 25%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 55%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Moderately Challenging
- Story partially from villain's perspective
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
- present (2000-2010)
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 20%
- 80%
Murders of set profession?
- students
Kind of mystery?
- police procedural
BIG focus on forensic evidence analysis?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- medium/shoulderlgn, straight (woman)
- medium/shoulderlgn, wavy (woman)
Body type
- skinny (woman)
- average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- dictactor
- student
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Forest?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
How many deaths in film?
- 2
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
- seeing nude male butt
- sex under blankets
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- dropped from large heights
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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