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.
29 May 1941
11 August 1937, Thakeham, West Sussex, England, UK
14 August 1985, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
22 January 1940, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
15 December 1954, Liverpool, England, UK
15 November 1970, London, England, UK
1 September 1974, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
1957, London, England, UK
21 August 1965, Birmingham, England, UK
28 January 1981, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
28 July 1975, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
4 March 1955, Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
18 March 1985, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
19 August 1948, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
29 December 1947, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
1955, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
1973, Ely, England, UK
14 September 1971, Cuckfield, West Sussex, England, UK
April 29, 2008
The murders are simply chalk marks on a blackboard with no build-up and little fallout.
May 22, 2008
A polished but verbose whodunit that's surprisingly buttoned-down given helmer Alex de la Inglesia's rep for comicbook wackiness.
August 05, 2010
So bad it's good, then? Alas, the whole thing is uncomfortable and boring, scotching any ironic enjoyment of its awfulness.
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.
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 13, 2010
This purported whodunit thriller never solves its main mystery: How and why did this film get made in the first place?
August 13, 2010
Hurt sells the silliness almost convincingly, but even from such a skillful pitchman it comes out sounding, finally, like junk.
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 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.
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.

