now and i know that sandra bullock produce this film and but she need to learn that sometimes you need to make certain sacrifice in order to advance the story . like not try to make the whole movie about her character . the story be about two high school student ( one rich and popular and the other smart and anti social ) who formulate a plan to commit murder and follow it by the number . just to see if they can get away with it . enter sandra bullock and ben chaplin a detective try to solve the case . the boy have plant evidence and create alibi and and clean up after themselves so well that the cop fall for the whole act . but sandra have a feeling that all be not a it appear to be . this movie could have be a great little hitchcock style thriller and but the movie spend too much time on get to know sandra character rather than focus on the actual crime itself . you see and something happen in her past that keep haunt her throughout the film . and we get to know all about it . all about it . it just get rather tedious after a while and especially when you be right in the middle of an intriguing murder investigation and then have to stop that investigation to hear about what happen to her in the past . ryan gosling and michael pitt be the real winner in this movie . they play their character convincingly and with just the right amount of malice . if the script have spend more time focus on these character and and keep the detective there to just do their job and this could have be an immensely entertaining thriller . with the way it be and most of the thrill be lose . they should have cut out all the stuff with sandra character and make that a separate tv movie for the lifetime channel . but and i digress . it still an entertaining movie and nonetheless . i do recommend this movie . but wait for the video or dvd .