Review – Murder by Numbers

The ol’ Leopold and Loeb song and dance get dusted off and put back in the middle of the table for this thoroughly un-thrilling murder “mystery.” Sandra Bullock plays the lead as a crime scene investigator hot on the trail of the pampered thrill killers while pursued by her own inner demons. At this point in her career she’s proven herself an adept in the George Clooney Two Facial Expressions School of Acting. Still, the script doesn’t exactly merit an actor with greater range. It’s pretty simple-minded stuff. My favorite part: the scene in which – apropos of nothing – Bullock is attacked by a baboon. See if desperate