Dr. Temperance Brennan is a brilliant, but lonely, anthropologist whom is approached by an ambitious FBI agent, named Seely Booth, to help the bureau solve a series of unsolved crimes by identifying the long-dead bodies of missing persons by their bone structure. But both Agent Booth and Dr. Brennan and her team come up again a variety of interference from red tape, corruption, and local noncooperation.
Sandra Bullock and Hilary Swank both showed interest in the lead role that went to Jennifer Lopez. John Hughes considered directing. In the Spanish dubbed version, 'Bob Hoskins' character has the same dub-player as 'Anthony Hopkins' in 'The Remains of the Day (1993)'. Both are butler characters.