Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Danny Huston
Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him. As his obsession increases, more and more similarities seem to arise.
DVD Release Date: July 5, 2005
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October 15, 2009very sketchy. very odd. Jim Carrey is an incredible actor no matter what he touches. The story was odd kind of confusing at a certain point and then it felt like it went on for way too long.
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December 12, 2008Despite it?s depressing tone throughout, The Number 23 develops into an impressive conspiracy, mystery, psychological Thriller. I tend to find Jim Carrey?s serious roles more entertaining and find the films he chooses and the roles he plays very intense and thought provoking.
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December 4, 2008Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him. As his obsession increases, more and more similarities seem to arise.
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September 27, 200823. 3 - 2 = 1. 1 + jim carrey being serious = 2. 2 + an original idea = 3. 3 - a mind numbing search that goes on and on by the protagonist to find the number 23 in anything = 2.5
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July 24, 2008***WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS***
I think I've seen this before... oh wait, I HAVE! It's like watching Secret Window all over again, except worse. Jim Carrey didn't necessarily do a bad job, but the movie as a whole was just unconvincing.
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November 1, 2009It tries very hard to be a tense, surreal thriller. Sometimes is succeeds.
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October 28, 2009film yang unik dan seperti tidak menyampaikan pesan apa ? apa selain angka 23 yang begitu misterius. Yang g suka dari film ini adalah keunikannya dan kekreatifitasan dari si pembuat ceritanya, karna bisa meghubung ? hubungkan segala sesuatu dengan angka 23. Satu lagi yg g suka ad...( read more)
Critic Reviews
February 23, 2007
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
February 23, 2007
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Carrey owns this movie. He's in virtually every scene, and there's no taking one's eyes from him. full review
February 23, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
Carrey skillfully leads us on a twisted trek with hair-raising jolts. full review
February 23, 2007
Kurt Loder, MTV
The director, Joel Schumacher, works up a juicy, lurid atmosphere, but the picture feels cramped and airless. You wait for it to really take off, but it never seems able to find its way out of all the... full review
February 22, 2007
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
There's little in this first script by Fernley Phillips but bloodless notions -- nothing that might qualify, by the light of day, as entertainment. full review
February 22, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Here's our homage to the film's tortured permutations of the numerals 2 and 3: 3 minus 2 equals 1. And there is only one reason to see this movie: You have absolutely nothing better to do. full review
February 22, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Let's cut to the chase: Movies don't get much more dunderheaded than Joel Schumacher's semi-psychological thriller The Number 23. full review
February 22, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
It's so cheesy that it's almost transcendent. full review
February 20, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
There's a mess of things wrong with this suspense thriller. Start with the fact that it's neither suspenseful nor thrilling. full review
February 20, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Shot by computer-enhanced shot, The Number 23 is impressive, but those shots don't come from anywhere or build on one another. full review
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January 20, 2009i loved that movie and jim in it ..it's based on a true that bn believed by many ppl many famous ppl ...jim really surprised me in a very good way don't know wy many dont love it but im not one of them..i loved so much the end really jimy goood job
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April 22, 2008To tetrical: "stupid" is not a vague word. "Stupid" is actually the perfect word for the melodrama employed in this movie. It's fine to think outside the box, there are plenty of movies that do this right. But you can not seriously tell me you LIKED this movie, I have a hunch it was just the subject matter/ premise that intrigues you.
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January 27, 2008This was a big disappointment. Clearly they had to spice up the film with sleazy sex scenes and clumsy profanity to keep viewers watching. The plot was in now way gripping and each reference to the number 23 was over reaching. The movie could've been titled after any arbitrary number and it would've been the same unimpressive film. F minus. If you're looking for a movie that will tickle your mind, this is not it.
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January 20, 2008the movie is a little boring at the beginning, but while the movie is advancing is getting better and more interesting
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January 1, 2008To the guy who said 'this movie is stupid' - stupid is a vague word, and this is supposed to be a psychological thriller and it was. The number 23 represents the gateway of Walter's inner conflicted manifestations, which later leads him to paranoia.
The movie is actually quite deep if you think beyond the surface. I think Joel Schumacher directed terrificly, he truly brought out the spine movingly craziness within Walter's head. -
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August 31, 2007
This movie is not confusing but stupid. I dont know how it got 3 and a half stars from you all. The whole movie was about people being cursed with 23 (not to mention that the preview represented an end the of the world movie) and the strongest theroy ends up being made up in his head. Dont yall get that the whole premise behind the movie was made up. This movie was supposed to be like bible code, the mayan calender, everything then took a stupid turn about 23 chasing him and then it all being fake. I thought this movie wsa going to be deep but turned out to be stupid. Have to admit maybe if not seeing previews the movie might have not been so bad. Good amount of nudity and comedy (laughed a couple times) Give it 2 stars JUST TO BE NICE.
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August 29, 2007this movie is kinda confusing and its crazy!! i dont get how the # 23 can make someone that crazy!!!!
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