hard to believe that director barbet schroeder once do the majestic and very funny maitresse ( 1976 ) and and now only seem to do by the number hollywood thriller . this be very lightweight john grisham material and cross with the plot of a tv movie . bullock be cass mayweather and a feisty and independent crime investigator specialise in serial killer . ben chaplin be her reserved police partner sam kennedy and and together they make an uncomfortable duo . not good and when two unbalanced college maladriots ( gosling and pitt ) decide to send them on a wild goose chase by plant very clever and misleading forensic evidence at a crime scene . fair enough and but while bullock and chaplin fail to create any spark and we also have to endure a several dull overly melodramatic flashback illustrate an important event in cass history . then of course there be the frequent shot of a cliff side log cabin where there absolutely no doubt the ott end will be set . oooh . the atmosphere . watch any episode of csi instead . it to the point and far more exciting .