Murder by Numbers

Murder by Numbers is a 2002 psychological thriller film directed by Barbet Schroeder. It is quite loosely based on the Leopold and Loeb case. When a dead woman (Jane Doe) is found in the woods near the river, homicide detectives Cassie Mayweather and Sam Kennedy are assigned to the case. Mayweather's investigation leads her to Justin Pendleton and Richard Haywood, two teenagers who want to commit the perfect murder. Haywood happens to have a stro... more

Murder by Numbers is a 2002 psychological thriller film directed by Barbet Schroeder. It is quite loosely based on the Leopold and Loeb case. When a dead woman (Jane Doe) is found in the woods near the river, homicide detectives Cassie Mayweather and Sam Kennedy are assigned to the case. Mayweather's investigation leads her to Justin Pendleton and Richard Haywood, two teenagers who want to commit the perfect murder. Haywood happens to have a strong alibi, however; Mayweather suspects that there is more to Haywood's perfect story. She digs in her own haunted past to find something that helps her solve this crime. She breaks away from her partner and the other detectives to work on her own theories, which jeopardizes her job. The film received negative to mixed reviews from critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 30% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 121 reviews. Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 50 out of 100, based on 35... less