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* FauxFinalLine: ZigZagged. In order to make Justin believe they have a tape of the murder, Cassie instructs her fellow detective to whisper something into her ear. He says, "Remember what I said about switching partners?" She responds "Are you serious? Where did you find it?"
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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Richard doesn't really care about personal space around Justin. He invades it on a daily basis and makes a point out of hugging him any chance he gets. [[HoYay Not that Justin seems to mind all that much.]]
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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Richard doesn't really care about personal space around Justin. He invades it on a daily basis and makes a point out of hugging him any chance he gets. [[HoYay [[invoked]][[HoYay Not that Justin seems to mind all that much.]]
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''Murder by Numbers'' is a 2002 mystery/thriller film directed by Creator/BarbetSchroeder, starring Creator/SandraBullock, Ben Chaplin, Creator/BenChaplin, Creator/MichaelPitt, and Creator/RyanGosling.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Very, ''very'' vaguely inspired by the Leopold and Loeb case.
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* ClothingConcealedInjury: Cassie insists on keeping her shirt on when she has sex with Sam to hide the scars on her chest.
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* DoYouWantToCopulate: Shortly after Sam is assigned as her partner, Cassie takes him to her houseboat for a drink and casual sex. Sam later learns that she has a history of using her police partners for sex, and that this is how she earned her "Hyena" nickname.
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* FreudianExcuse: Cassie's emotional distance with her sexual partners, and her interest in this particular case, are due to her abusive ex-husband.
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''Murder by Numbers'' is a 2002 mystery/thriller film directed by Barbet Schroeder, Creator/BarbetSchroeder, starring Creator/SandraBullock, Creator/MichaelPitt, and Creator/RyanGosling.
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* TitledAfterTheSong: The film takes its name from [[Music/{{Synchronicity}} a song]] by Music/ThePolice.
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No relation to the 2020 visual novel [[VisualNovel/MurderByNumbers2020 with the same title]].
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Detective Cassie Mayweather (Bullock)suspects more at work than an unplanned act of violence when a young woman is found strangled to death in a ditch. Her gut instincts get her in trouble with her supervisors, but they lead her [[ReverseWhodunnit correctly]] to [[SmugSnake privileged, smug]] high school student Richard Haywood (Gosling)... and from there to brooding StrawNihilist Justin Pendleton (Pitt). The connection between the two boys is more than imagined, and as their mind games played with the police and with each other grow still more complicated, Cassie attempts to find some way to put an end to their plans.
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Detective Cassie Mayweather (Bullock)suspects (Bullock) suspects more at work than an unplanned act of violence when a young woman is found strangled to death in a ditch. Her gut instincts get her in trouble with her supervisors, but they lead her [[ReverseWhodunnit correctly]] to [[SmugSnake privileged, smug]] high school student Richard Haywood (Gosling)... and from there to brooding StrawNihilist Justin Pendleton (Pitt). The connection between the two boys is more than imagined, and as their mind games played with the police and with each other grow still more complicated, Cassie attempts to find some way to put an end to their plans.
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''Murder By Numbers'' is a 2002 thriller starring Creator/SandraBullock, with Creator/MichaelPitt and Creator/RyanGosling. Det. Cassie Mayweather suspects more at work than an unplanned act of violence when a young woman is found strangled to death in a ditch. Her gut instincts get her in trouble with her supervisors, but they lead her [[ReverseWhodunnit correctly]] to [[SmugSnake privileged, smug]] high school student Richard Haywood... and from there to brooding StrawNihilist Justin Pendleton. The connection between the two boys is more than imagined, and as their mind games played with the police and with each other grow still more complicated, Cassie attempts to find some way to put an end to their plans.
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Detective Cassie Mayweathersuspects (Bullock)suspects more at work than an unplanned act of violence when a young woman is found strangled to death in a ditch. Her gut instincts get her in trouble with her supervisors, but they lead her [[ReverseWhodunnit correctly]] to [[SmugSnake privileged, smug]] high school student Richard Haywood... Haywood (Gosling)... and from there to brooding StrawNihilist Justin Pendleton.Pendleton (Pitt). The connection between the two boys is more than imagined, and as their mind games played with the police and with each other grow still more complicated, Cassie attempts to find some way to put an end to their plans.
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* PrisonersDilemma: The detectives try to pull a classic Prisoner's Dilemma in the interrogation scene. But the trust between the prisoners and the arrival of the lawyers prevents the defection.
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* PrisonersDilemma: The detectives try to pull a classic Prisoner's Dilemma in the interrogation scene. But the trust between the prisoners and the arrival of the lawyers prevents the defection.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Michael Pitt gets to play ''another'' thrill killer, [[spoiler:A less inept one,]] in ''FunnyGames''.
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* ThatOneCase: Haunts Cassie's career and clouds her judgement, since her current suspect reminds her of the perp. [[spoiler:That case being her own attempted murder at the hands of an abusive husband.]]
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* ThatOneCase: Haunts It haunts Cassie's career and clouds her judgement, since her current suspect reminds her of the perp. [[spoiler:That case being her own attempted murder at the hands of an abusive husband.]]
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''Murder By Numbers'' is a 2002 thriller starring SandraBullock, Creator/SandraBullock, with Michael Pitt Creator/MichaelPitt and Ryan Gosling. (Trust me, [[DracoInLeatherPants everyone only remembers those last two.]]) Creator/RyanGosling. Det. Cassie Mayweather suspects more at work than an unplanned act of violence when a young woman is found strangled to death in a ditch. Her gut instincts get her in trouble with her supervisors, but they lead her [[ReverseWhodunnit correctly]] to [[SmugSnake privileged, smug]] high school student Richard Haywood... and from there to brooding NietzscheWannabe StrawNihilist Justin Pendleton. The connection between the two boys is more than imagined, and as their mind games played with the police and with each other grow still more complicated, Cassie attempts to find some way to put an end to their plans.
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty
* GoodCopBadCop
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:[[EvilAllAlong Psych!]]]]
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* CruelTwistEnding
* DisneyVillainDeath
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* RetroactiveRecognition: That cop at Richard's house with two lines at the end… was that [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Ron Swanson]]?!
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'''''Murder By Numbers''''' is a 2002 film starring SandraBullock, with Michael Pitt and Ryan Gosling. (Trust me, [[DracoInLeatherPants everyone only remembers those last two.]]) Det. Cassie Mayweather suspects more at work than an unplanned act of violence when a young woman is found strangled to death in a ditch. Her gut instincts get her in trouble with her supervisors, but they lead her [[ReverseWhodunnit correctly]] to [[SmugSnake privileged, smug]] high school student Richard Haywood... and from there to brooding NietzscheWannabe Justin Pendleton. The connection between the two boys is more than imagined, and as their mind games played with the police and with each other grow still more complicated, Cassie attempts to find some way to put an end to their plans.
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'''''Murder By Numbers''''' is a 2002 film thriller starring SandraBullock, with Michael Pitt and Ryan Gosling. (Trust me, [[DracoInLeatherPants everyone only remembers those last two.]]) Det. Cassie Mayweather suspects more at work than an unplanned act of violence when a young woman is found strangled to death in a ditch. Her gut instincts get her in trouble with her supervisors, but they lead her [[ReverseWhodunnit correctly]] to [[SmugSnake privileged, smug]] high school student Richard Haywood... and from there to brooding NietzscheWannabe Justin Pendleton. The connection between the two boys is more than imagined, and as their mind games played with the police and with each other grow still more complicated, Cassie attempts to find some way to put an end to their plans.
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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Richard doesn't really care about personal space around Justin. He invades it on a daily basis and makes a point out of hugging him any chance he gets. [[HoYay Not that Justin seems to mind all that much.]]
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''Murder By Numbers'' is a 2002 film starring SandraBullock, with Michael Pitt and Ryan Gosling. (Trust me, [[DracoInLeatherPants everyone only remembers those last two.]]) Det. Cassie Mayweather suspects more at work than an unplanned act of violence when a young woman is found strangled to death in a ditch. Her gut instincts get her in trouble with her supervisors, but they lead her [[ReverseWhodunnit correctly]] to [[SmugSnake privileged, smug]] high school student Richard Haywood... and from there to brooding NietzscheWannabe Justin Pendleton. The connection between the two boys is more than imagined, and as their mind games played with the police and with each other grow still more complicated, Cassie attempts to find some way to put an end to their plans.
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!!Tropes found in this film include:
* BluffingTheMurderer
* CoitusEnsues
* CruelTwistEnding
* DisneyVillainDeath
* EmoKid: Justin.
* FairCop: Cassie.
* FramingTheGuiltyParty
* GoodCopBadCop
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:[[EvilAllAlong Psych!]]]]
* HeyItsThatGuy: Michael Pitt gets to play ''another'' thrill killer, [[spoiler:A less inept one,]] in ''FunnyGames''.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty
* InMediasRes: The film opens with a scene from about its middle.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: [[spoiler: Richie uses this trope during an attempted suicide pact with Justin. It fails majestically.]]
* LocardsTheory
* NietzscheWannabe: Both boys, but predominantly Justin.
* OutlawCouple: Face it, this film is built on HoYay.
* PerpSweating
* ReverseWhodunnit
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Justin and Richie, for given values of [[EmoKid sensitive]] and [[JerkAss manly]].
* SmugSnake: Richie.
* ThatOneCase: Haunts Cassie's career and clouds her judgement, since her current suspect reminds her of the perp. [[spoiler:That case being her own attempted murder at the hands of an abusive husband.]]
* ThePerfectCrime
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Very, ''very'' [[strike:based off of]] vaguely inspired by the Leopold and Loeb case.
* VomitIndiscretionShot
* YouTasteDelicious: Richie licks Cassie's face during their last scene together.
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''Murder By Numbers'' is a 2002 film starring SandraBullock, with Michael Pitt and Ryan Gosling. (Trust me, [[DracoInLeatherPants everyone only remembers those last two.]]) Det. Cassie Mayweather suspects more at work than an unplanned act of violence when a young woman is found strangled to death in a ditch. Her gut instincts get her in trouble with her supervisors, but they lead her [[ReverseWhodunnit correctly]] to [[SmugSnake privileged, smug]] high school student Richard Haywood... and from there to brooding NietzscheWannabe Justin Pendleton. The connection between the two boys is more than imagined, and as their mind games played with the police and with each other grow still more complicated, Cassie attempts to find some way to put an end to their plans.
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!!Tropes found in this film include:
* BluffingTheMurderer
* CoitusEnsues
* CruelTwistEnding
* DisneyVillainDeath
* EmoKid: Justin.
* FairCop: Cassie.
* FramingTheGuiltyParty
* GoodCopBadCop
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:[[EvilAllAlong Psych!]]]]
* HeyItsThatGuy: Michael Pitt gets to play ''another'' thrill killer, [[spoiler:A less inept one,]] in ''FunnyGames''.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty
* InMediasRes: The film opens with a scene from about its middle.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: [[spoiler: Richie uses this trope during an attempted suicide pact with Justin. It fails majestically.]]
* LocardsTheory
* NietzscheWannabe: Both boys, but predominantly Justin.
* OutlawCouple: Face it, this film is built on HoYay.
* PerpSweating
* ReverseWhodunnit
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Justin and Richie, for given values of [[EmoKid sensitive]] and [[JerkAss manly]].
* SmugSnake: Richie.
* ThatOneCase: Haunts Cassie's career and clouds her judgement, since her current suspect reminds her of the perp. [[spoiler:That case being her own attempted murder at the hands of an abusive husband.]]
* ThePerfectCrime
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Very, ''very'' [[strike:based off of]] vaguely inspired by the Leopold and Loeb case.
* VomitIndiscretionShot
* YouTasteDelicious: Richie licks Cassie's face during their last scene together.
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