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April 19, 2002
'Murder By Numbers' starts well but fizzles
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
AP Movie Writer
The numbers do not quite add up on Sandra Bullock's new crime drama.
Too calculated and superficial to deliver a psychological thriller with real depth, too straightforward to create any sense of mystery, director Barbet Schroeder's "Murder by Numbers" is a sum considerably less than its parts.
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