Murder by Numbers

Barbet Schroeder is one of those odd men out in the directing world....you never know where he'll be coming from with his work. Utter brilliance with films like BARFLY and REVERSAL OF FORTUNE and then you get the uneven offering of MURDER BY NUMBERS. By no means horrible it falls under the class of leave your brain on the table, look at the eye candy and enjoy the ride. You can't help but the the feeling the studios pissed around with this one. Sandra Bullock is more than adequate here but looks like she is one autopilot which leaves the weight to be held by up-and-comers Michael Pitt and Ryan Gosling. Gosling, a good London, Ontario boy is coming into this own so his fans will most certainly enjoy this....other than that....it`s a take it or leave it...by the numbers sort of thing.