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A little levity is warranted during discussion of a dark film that takes on more than a few serious subjects, including teenage violence and battered women's syndrome. And while Numbers is unorthodox for the actress, as with everything, she went after it with gusto.

"I was looking for a psychological thriller -- not an action thriller, not something that had tools to propel the story but something that was truly an unwinding of the mind, which I find far more thrilling," says Bullock.

"I didn't think I would find one. I've been looking for years. I love the genre, and it's hard to make. It's challenging to pull off. If it's not made well it just doesn't work. Why don't I take the easier road? I don't know; it's just not thrilling to me. Because if it works, you get that much more satisfaction out of it, and when it doesn't work, you of course get slammed for it, but I love the genre and I loved what Barbet executed."

It remains to be seen how the actress's fans will respond to the film -- but if they don't buy Bullock as a homicide detective, her two future films offer more standard Sandra.

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