i can get very tired of murder mystery with the exception of a few really excellent tv series . otherwise and there be just too many of these murder plot theme . i do not like the theme of the two over clever and selfish youth kill a an intellectual exercise and i have no interest whatsoever in hitchcock who appear to have be associate with this in some way i do not intend to find out about . but do not misunderstand me and the theme be in itself excellent and the whole movie be so well do and and of course sandra bullock be superlative a always . sandra character be ( a in miss congeniality ) not rat by the male team she work with in spite of her obvious skill and and the bos mostly ignore her idea and eventually force her aside and give the case to her male partner . of course sandra work out what go on and nearly get kill in a very dramatic denouement . it intrigue how the boy who work out the murder plot can not allow her to be kill by his colleague he have a conscience of some sort and perhaps could be save and while the other be a true psychopath . sandra hard shell be cause by misery in her past that tie in poignantly with the murder case . her colleague and realise that sandra solve this case in spite of be balk by the dense superior and finally discovers what happen to sandra herself in her teen and that she must now face up to and exorcise and the last scene show her start we hope anyway to do just that . i can see from the few other review i have have time to read that this movie would attract a broadish group those interested in the two spoilt boy whiling away their time with their grisly philosophical determination to trick the police and get away with the perfect murder and the relationship between them that so cleverly depict and the ghastly link to the heroine past and a police theme and and some smoke and mirror as well a for hitchcock fan . for those who have query why bullock character have to have a problematic past and really i think this would be a far less interesting movie if she have be just a detective try to fathom what be go on and with a willing sidekick help out and a male chauvinist bos . the link between the murder victim and the detective be necessary to show the detective become too involved or otherwise how would she lose her arrogant bos confidence and thereby nearly lose her life . that hardly an original theme and in fact it usually an extremely irritating theme a this male chauvinist bos brutally tell his frustrated but obviously inspired operative to get off the case and leave it to someone who clearly doesn not have quite the skill to solve it nice though the sidekick be . i be get very worried towards the end re what might happen to sandra character a her emotional involvement in the case and special sympathy for the unfortunate victim of the crime dangerously drive her on with this case by herself . i wasn not disappointed re the relationship between bullock character and her sidekick . that go along interestingly and at time very poignantly . the relationship between the two boy be definitely intriguing and if that what you be interested in watch . i felt it be keep low key in some way either because the movie maker do not want to get into boy boy friendship too much and or because we weren not suppose to think emotion rule their relationship . the movie cleverly make you wonder which boy in charge of the situation and there be some twist and turn and the boy show their underlying immaturity at various stage . there one thing i wish have be clarify and that what happen after the movie end when sandra character arrive at the court . you need to see to movie to know why she there . very well act by all . i certainly can not agree with those who complain against bullock act she be superb . the part suit her very well indeed . the story be grip even if murder mystery aren not your thing and they aren not that often mine .