The Oxford Murders
Arthur Seldom (John Hurt), a prestigious professor of logic, and Martin (Elijah Wood), a young graduate student, work together to try to stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols at Oxford University.
15 November 1970, London, England, UK
29 December 1947, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
18 March 1985, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
4 March 1955, Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
21 August 1965, Birmingham, England, UK
1955, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
1973, Ely, England, UK
1 September 1974, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
19 August 1948, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
1957, London, England, UK
22 January 1940, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
14 August 1985, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
14 September 1971, Cuckfield, West Sussex, England, UK
11 August 1937, Thakeham, West Sussex, England, UK
29 May 1941
28 July 1975, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
15 December 1954, Liverpool, England, UK
28 January 1981, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
April 28, 2008
Not so terrible that you can understand why it's been practically buried by its distributors, but you can get better ridiculous whodunits on TV.May 01, 2008
Disappointing, badly plotted thriller, let down by some dodgy acting, poor direction and a script that makes The Da Vinci Code look like a masterpiece.August 09, 2010
A math- and symbology-tinged thriller adapted by director Álex de la Iglesia, and pitched at a breakneck, didactic clip, absent any sensible, modulated emotional investment in the characters or material.July 24, 2010
A wonderfully compelling mess of a movie. It's tricky trying to bond Hitchcockian flair with lecture hall semantics, but the director works his tricks with ace visual consideration.August 08, 2010
The Scooby Doo ending requires nearly ten minutes of explanation and negates the need to follow the previous 90 minutes. It's also preceded by one character stating, "In life, nobody bothers explaining anything." Well, except in this movie.May 22, 2008
A polished but verbose whodunit that's surprisingly buttoned-down given helmer Alex de la Inglesia's rep for comicbook wackiness.April 29, 2008
The murders are simply chalk marks on a blackboard with no build-up and little fallout.August 13, 2010
Hurt sells the silliness almost convincingly, but even from such a skillful pitchman it comes out sounding, finally, like junk.August 05, 2010
So bad it's good, then? Alas, the whole thing is uncomfortable and boring, scotching any ironic enjoyment of its awfulness.August 13, 2010
This purported whodunit thriller never solves its main mystery: How and why did this film get made in the first place?