The Number 23 Movie
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The truth will find you.
First it takes hold of your mind...then it takes hold of your life.
A number is just a number. Or is it?
On his birthday, Walter Sparrow, an amiable dog-catcher, takes a call that leaves him dog bit and late to pick up his wife. She's browsed in a bookstore, finding a blood-red-covered novel, a murder mystery with numerology that loops constantly around the number 23. The story captivates Walter: he dreams it, he notices aspects of his life that can be rendered by "23," he searches for the author, he stays in the hotel (in room 23) where events in the novel took place, and he begins to believe it was no novel. His wife and son try to help him, sometimes in sympathy, sometimes to protect him. Slowly, with danger to himself and to his family, he closes in on the truth.
| Jim Carrey | Walter Sparrow/Fingerling |
| Virginia Madsen | Agatha Sparrow/Fabrizia |
| Logan Lerman | Robin Sparrow |
| Danny Huston | Isaac French/Dr. Miles Phoenix |
| Lynn Collins | Suicide Blonde/Mrs. Dobkins/Young FingerlingÂ’s Mother |
| Rhona Mitra | Laura Tollins |
| Michelle Arthur | Sybil |
| Mark Pellegrino | Kyle Finch |
| Paul Butcher | Young Fingerling/Young Walter |
| David Stifel | Hotel Clerk |
| Corey Stoll | Sergeant Burns |
| Ed Lauter | Father Sebastian |
| Troy Kotsur | Barnaby |
| Walter Soo Hoo | Chinese Restaurant Owner |
| Patricia Belcher | Dr. Alice Mortimer |
| Joel Schumacher |
6.30 out of 10 (28186 votes)
Visitor Reviews
About 23 things wrong with this film
posted on 28 Aug 2009** out of **** starsLet's see...14 divided by 20 times the square root of 13 equals 23, which was my departed grandmother's favorite number and the year she was born, 23 minutes past the 23rd hour. Assign the number any way you choose and ooh be very scared. Be EXTREMELY scared when you throw in a brain-dead looking mutt to go with 23, and you have Schumacher's latest attempt at a dark suspense fest with The Number 23. Oh yeah, 23 is also my record in Cuervo shots at my favorite dive on 23rd street in the 23rd state in the union.Carrey carries the film to about it's halfway point, then we lose sight of him, not caring much. Don't look for any crazy expressions to come from the comedian Carrey, as you have seen in The Mask and Me, Myself and Irene. No. And don't expect an embodiment of a character as he did with Andy Kaufman. This role is a sad and peculiar devolvement for Jimbo. Where's The Riddler when you need him! I know, we don't need him. Virginia Madsen, like usual, is underused as the supportive, speculative and peculiar wife. Her talent, like Carrey's, is suppressed, and it's almost painful to watch her try to rescue her underdeveloped character from near anonymity. To give credit where credit is due, there are a couple of interesting scenes in The Number 23 that showcase some very crafty cinematography. They are arresting enough on their own without having to be convoluted within the incoherent narrative of this silly story.I don't know about you, (and I realize this is a work of absolute fiction) but I don't know of anyone who often reads his novel in a dank, dark basement, or spends his time at graveyards on a regular basis like Carrey does in this movie. Schumacher keeps his film dark and blood-red and gloomy and rainy and smoggy and gloomy and rainy and dank and on and on and on from beginning to end. Even Flatliners and The Lost Boys had a little more daylight in them, and we're talking about medical students obsessed with death and teenage vampires!If you feel like watching this film, even if it's out of mere curiosity...make sure you do it while enjoying about 23 catnaps, that way you can kill 23 birds with one stone.
I haven't seen a movie this bad, in the theater, in years!
posted on 24 Aug 2009It's kind of funny that the first review suggests watching paint dry because I do believe I would have had a better time doing that very thing.This movie was just laughable....and by laughable, I literally mean my wife could not hold in our laughter during the "climatic" scene towards the end. "I'm a murderer.. I murdered someone!!" exclaimed Sparrow...That pretty much summed up how deep the movie was. The story was sub-standard to begin with so you can't blame the actors at all; they had nothing to work with.I do suppose if you are a 16 year old high school kid, you might find this flick somewhat "spooky".This movie isn't even worth renting... for free. However, I do have to say, chuckling about it afterwards was entertaining, because, as I stated earlier, I haven't seen a movie that bad in quite a long time.
Good mystery.
posted on 22 Aug 2009Walter gets this book from his wife and the book is just like his life. He becomes obsessed with the book and a dog that keeps staring at him. It's sort of a horror movie and somewhat of a mystery. It's a pretty good movie as the viewer watches Walter change from a happy dog catcher to a number obsessed mad man. Walters son also gets involved in it too. I understood that he was obsessed with the number 23 but it made me wonder what the number 13 had to do with anything. The number 13 was in there a lot. Despite that, this movie is pretty good for a horror movie and a mystery movie. It's nice to see comedic actors branch off into more serious roles.
Lamest movie ever made.
posted on 20 Aug 2009This is the most stupid movie ever made. The story is laughable. His wife and kid think he's insane. Then they don't. Then it turns out he is and I think they knew it all along. There is a dog named Ned that causes some problems and I think it's all his fault...so does Jim Carey. God only knows why Virginia Madsen took this role...this is a career sinker. I think the target audience for this is 11 and 12 year olds. And that adds up to 23. Or maybe it's for 8 and 10 years olds which also adds up to 23. Or maybe it's for really dumb 23 year olds. Or maybe really dumb 32 year olds because that's 23 in reverse. Or maybe 46 year olds would enjoy it because half of that is 23. I think looking up things on the internet about the number 23 would be more entertaining than this movie, unless you wanted to see a comedy.
The Legend Jim Carey does it again..My Hero!
posted on 20 Aug 2009I love this film because its really random. Its freaky to find out the knowledge of the number 23. The acting is great even for a comedian like Jim Carey who is known for his wackiness and humor instead of a dramatic feel. He does well in Drama and I wish to see him more in movies like this. I have seen him before do Drama films and this is by far one of his best. This movie will not disappoint anyone its really great when you understand it. I love just the twist and the story it just a big hit when you understand it. Script is very strong and hard to accomplish. I love how they made this film look, It has this flashback feel to it and is just a really good film. One reason why I know Jim Carey is my Hero for all my life!
Great movie - only 23 is usually a lucky number...
posted on 14 Aug 2009This is an excellent movie.I did not even recognize Jim Carrey until after a long while! I was just not used to him playing a non-slapstick role. Great acting though. Great tattoo as well...The only thing I found a bit peculiar is that 23 is usually considered to be a very successful and lucky number in Chaldean and Pythagorean numerology. Although not explicitly said, it does not appear to be lucky in this movie.I also like the soundtrack. Great scenes on the "She wants revenge" song.
Very good - a good change to Jim Carrey's regular slapstick acting
posted on 12 Aug 2009As I heard from word of mouth that Jim Carrey was starring in a new film, I thought it would be great to watch, considering many other classics he had starred in (Ace Ventura, Bruce Almighty etc.), but then I was told it wasn't a comedy, and that the movie was actually going to be a thriller. From this, I was automatically unconvinced that the movie would be great. I was wrong I watched this movie recently, and I was quite impressed at how Jim Carrey changed his acting style in such a sharp way, and the fact that he did it well was also impressive. It has a strange storyline, and although I'm no hardcore movie critic, I found no obvious errors in scripts and I personally thought the movie was great in technical terms. The movie is scary, and at the same time, makes you think about whats happening. Its nice how the director has made everything add up in the ending, but I was disappointed not at the actual ending, but how things had turned out for Carrey and his family.However, the movie can get a little boring and too 'blah, blah, blah' at some stages. The story is somewhat weird, but overall, the movie is really worth watching, and deserves a smack 8 out of 10.Another nice movie from Jim Carrey - he is yet to disappoint!
My Love of Numbers
posted on 12 Aug 2009First of all i thought that this was probably the best movie that i've seen in quite awhile,, and I'm not a Jim Carrey fan,, never owned one of his movies ever... so with that in mind,, what did it for me is the storyline,, the #23 , i'm a mathematician so the movie i guess has special meaning for me,, i love facts,, anything to do with history,, i love the way the storyline went,, i also loved the idea of Jim Carrey playing 2 characters,, and Virginia Madsen has always been one of my favorite actresses of all time, ever since Buried Alive. i thought the acting was superb,, the sequences were very dark, the scenes very thought out,, i don't think i've ever seen a movie like this before, and that's why i really enjoyed it,, and besides , i can personally relate to this movie, being that i have the fascination for everything numbers,, so a big thumbs up for this movie.
Don't waste your money
posted on 10 Aug 2009This movie didn't seem to know where it was going. An interesting premise was made into a slow, unsurprising movie; the "AHA" moment passed with a yawn. Jim Carrey was pretty good but the director who almost ruined the Batman franchise managed to make him boring. We didn't care enough about the characters to really care what was happening to them. This movie should have had us jumping out of our seats but I nearly fell asleep in the first 30 minutes. And the tempo never picked up. The cinematography was the best part of the movie: dark and atmospheric, with an almost black-and-white look to the book portions.
Jim Carrey is incredible
posted on 10 Aug 2009I think there are a lot of movie goers that have a hard time with Jim Carrey as an actor. Many of his characters are goofy and downright idiotic and so many are exaggerated caricatures of real life that its hard to take his work seriously sometimes. I have seen brilliance in his work on a couple of occasions, but this movie by far demonstrates a side of Jim Carrey that is well into the realms of his developing into becoming a great actor, not just a comedic actor. Jim Carrey displays a depth that he must really have had to work hard to find, because his character is dark, brooding, almost evil to the point that we all can feel the insanity that must be creeping into his characters consciousness as he progresses through the story. A sign of a really good actor is when the actor is able to disappear so well into the character that not only does the audience stop thinking about the person on the screen as being Jim Carrey, but also starts thinking that the person on the screen is really the character living and breathing in their own right. Jim Carrey masterfully is able to do this with this character Walter Sparrow. I enjoyed this movie immensely and hope to see Jim Carrey continue his exploration into dramatic roles. He is fully equipped and capable of carrying a lead role in a drama and am glad to see that he has a very smart agent directing the scripts and projects he chooses to do.
It's a fine two-act movie. But that third act…
posted on 06 Aug 2009The Number 23 reviewed by Samuel OsbornPsychological thrillers are a tough gig. You need an ending. The build-up, the suspense, the rising action, all that squirmy paranoia, it's easy enough to build. It's the ending that's the tricky part. Films like Memento do it right; films like Fight Club, too. Their twist, the unraveled knot of anxiety that splays out in explanation and relief, comes with another bulge of knots; it leaves you breathless and troubled, disturbed if you're lucky. But without the ending, without the final flick in the nose and punch in the gut, a psycho-thriller is just a bunch of untied shoelaces. This is the affliction born to The Number 23. It's a fine two-act movie. But that third act…with the climax all flaccid and the end a noiseless wheeze, it leaves us with that let-down feeling of something promising turned instantly to a sham. I won't give the ending away, but suffice it to say that it's summed up by the word "typical." Commonplace is the ending. And commonplace is somewhere The Number 23 has no business being.The rest of the film is a good one; a fine looking few rolls of celluloid, in fact. Jim Carrey plays the lead, still rounding off the sharper edges of his comedy and reminding us happily of Tom Hanks' move from comedy to drama. He's a hopelessly likable actor paired gracefully with Virginia Madsen, who plays Carrey's wife and mother to his teenage son. The family lives comfortably under Agatha's (Madsen) cake shop and Walter's (Carrey) job as an animal control officer. The paranoia enters like a whisper, as feckless and unassuming as director Joel Schumacher can stand. The famously melodramatic director is often thought of as the second-string choice for any theatrical film-making, just behind the dramatic grandmaster Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!). Schumacher revels in colors and camera tricks, over-saturating and under-saturating his images until they're hardly recognizable. The effect here is controlled, but not empty of pizazz. The book Agatha finds (or does it find her?) when waiting for Walter outside a used bookshop is "The Number 23" by Topsy Kretts. Walter opens the novel on his day off, gorging himself on the minutiae of its hardboiled detective hero and fantasizing himself in the lead role. Schumacher indulges Walter further, fancying "The Number 23's" Detective Fingerling as a slippery-haired Mr. Carrey in a cheap suit and a dry growl. Much of the story is actually told within the novel itself, with Fingerling getting lost in the numerology surrounding the number 23 and slipping towards the inevitability of murder. Back in reality, Walter is finding uncanny resemblances between Fingerling and himself. It's as if, he once mentions, the author knows him better than he does. Agatha writes it off as an effect of good literature, but reconsiders when she finds scribbled numerology on Walter's arm one morning with the underlined words "Kill Her." He's begun to see the number everywhere. It's in his name, his social security number, his birth date, and even the day he and Agatha first met. His paranoia, once a whisper, is now a screech, and he worries for the safety of his own family. Stop there. Just stop the film, put down your popcorn and walk away. Because that's as good as The Number 23 will get. The bouncy humor, the family drama, the rise in paranoia, the fascination in 23, it all works up until here. But it's as if Screenwriter Fernley Phillips lost the thread. It was unraveling with speed and machismo, promising to tower upwards in a great final disturbance. But instead it turned inward and ricocheted blindly backwards. Instead of opening up the throttle and letting the number have real meaning and significance, Phillips turns the plot inward and shells up the climax with a muffled grunt. Samuel Osborn
pitiful ending
posted on 04 Aug 2009If you have seen Johnny Depp's Secret Window, De Niro in Hide & Seek, Memento or The Machinist, then you have seen The Number 23. I enjoyed the acting, but found the script a bit too self-important. The film was atmospheric enough, but the ending just did not pay-off. My first thought was, "Again?" The whole exposition that is then relayed is also less-than- convincing. Why would anyone go on a date with, let alone marry, someone they see leaving an insane asylum? Also, I couldn't quite figure out the reason why the wife and doctor went to such lengths to cover up for the protagonist. Anyone who hasn't seen the above films will find this an enjoyable DVD to rent. In terms of current trends in film-making, however, it comes across as tired and formulaic. I keep hearing this rumour that Hollywood has run out of ideas. On the strength of this showing, there may be some substance to it.
A Modest Surprise
posted on 27 Jul 2009I took my daughter to this as she rather enjoys Gothic movies. Based on the reviews, I was not expecting much. However, there is some octane in the cast and directing, so I hoped for production values. What the picture turns out to be is an extremely 'plotty' yarn about a man lost in the maze of his own history. A lot of the exposition involves the hero recounting the plot of a novel he's reading - this was done extremely effectively, and hats off to Schumacher for the technique.As for the rest, it's all story - and if you are interested simply in a narrative unfolding simply for the fun of finding out what happens next, it's not bad at all. At any rate, I had fun with it, and I did not expect to.
How, exactly ...?
posted on 19 Jul 2009How, exactly ...? No, really, come on! How is it that you can have such a great concept and subject matter for a film and then have this as an end result? How could you get it wrong? The ideas are there. The characters are there. The purpose is there.So, I ask ... Where is the direction? Where is the acting? Where is the creativity? Where is the strong narrative? Why does the lighting and camera work look like an "over stylized to make up for lack of content" TV show? Those dream/detective sequences are a joke - how can you take these scenes seriously? They are the biggest flaw of all. You know, Jim is supposed to be playing a dramatic role - but i'm not so sure! This movie is about paranoia so then why is every little detail all wrapped up into a neat little basket at the end? There is such a loss of ability to be interested/involved with these characters because they are portrayed so generically.When i heard about the concept and subject matter of this film i was very interested to see it. Even after bad reviews i still went and saw it. unfortunately the poor quality of this film overshadows any other redeeming features.
Sure Jim Carrey does well, but what about the movie?
posted on 19 Jul 2009Well well, Jim Carrey in another serious role. But did he do as good as Eternal Sunshine of A Spotless Mind?Jim Carrey as usual played the role greatly, although some may not have seen him fit into the character because of some of his comedies, he did a great job.But whether a movie has a great actor or not, does the story and how the director goes about it impress you?Obviously the movie was about how Walter Sparrow (Carrey) becomes obsessed with a book that he claims is written off his life because of the very similar life the author and Sparrow have in common. One of these similarities is the reoccurring of the number 23. It is all over, counting out the numbers in his name add to 23, seeing it on the streets, being born Feb. 3 (2/3) Many of them which is a pretty interesting idea, but some are far-fetched. An example of that was: a girl was complaining about how the color PINK was her favorite color, and that pink is a certain percent red and a certain percent white, and when you divide the red by the white you get 23... which is kinda like whoa, but more so like... shut up... The movie has some cool twists, a decent ending, but overall the movie was a bit of a let down. It is a very intriguing movie, that when you get home will definitely get you looking for the number 23, i have found a few, felt pretty cool, (although i am already into that kind of stuff, looking for patterns and stuff).Overall a legitimate movie, with great acting done by Jim Carrey, and if you feel like rethinking things a little, then go see it... But otherwise you shouldn't stress over waiting for this one to hit the shelves of Blockbuster.
Carey film cannot decide its genre
posted on 17 Jul 2009Coming off his most unfunny comedy last year ("Fun With Dick and Jane"), Jim Carey has turned to stark drama in Joel Schumacher's dark and dreary jaunt into cinematic paranoia, "The Number 23." Unfortunately for all involved, this picture can't decide whether it wants to be a murder mystery, a family drama or a psychological thriller. This confusion, as well as a story that meanders all over the map, leaves viewers bored, confused and generally stupefied.In fact, as a thriller, it comes in above the truly horrible "Stay," but far below Johnny Depp's "Secret Window." Carey plays Walter Sparrow, a disgruntled animal control officer who is bitten by a mongrel dog one day. This causes him to be late to meet his wife, Agatha (Virginia Madsen, "Sideways"), which in turn allows her to browse an old bookstore and purchase a beat up tome called "The Number 23." When Walter reads this book, he believes it is his own life story, but cannot quite put his finger on some of the events. These scenes are accompanied by unnecessary sequences of Walter's fantasies regarding certain chapters in the book. He imagines himself to be "Fingerling," the lead character, a private detective who beds several women and even murders one of them.The more he reads, though, the more he slips into this paranoid world in which 23 becomes the center. The number of letters in his name add up to it, as well as other more trivial equations. Soon, he is writing these calculations on his furniture, the walls and even his body. His descent into madness and this bizarre behavior also begins to drive a wedge between Agatha and his teenage son, Robin (Logan Lerman, "The Patriot").Here, the movie tries to become an old-fashioned murder mystery with Walter as a tough-talking gumshoe (in a series of fantasy flashbacks). In "real" life, he goes to prison to interview a man charged with murdering a missing coed; tries to trip up the book's author (Topsy Krets) by sending 23 huge boxes of Styrofoam peanuts (yep) and even tries to dig up the woman's body in a public park. All of this leads us to a conclusion that Stevie Wonder could have seen from a mile away.Carey, who excels in comedy as well as drama (at times), is fine here, as is Madsen; but the scattergun script and lack of clear, coherent direction doom this enterprise and makes one feel that one has been through this before.And that's not a good thing.
Unbelievably poor
posted on 17 Jul 2009Simply the worst movie I have watched this decade, how it's achieved an IMDb rating of over 6 is a very big mystery to me.If you are unfortunate to have a copy of this the best advice I can give you is to watch the first 10 minutes and the last 10 minutes and make everything else up for yourself (and save 75 minutes of your life).It takes a lot for me to hate a movie as much as this, I have never given anything a score of one on IMDb before, but this was simply insipid.To try and find something positive to say, well the acting is OK and for the first 5 minutes of the movie I almost enjoyed Jim Carey's character.The last ten minutes at least gave a small twist and demonstrated that at least a little thought had gone into the script. But by then I had nothing but distain for the whole thing. I'm only writing this review because I'm still angry at having wasted my Sunday night watching this.I don't even know what genre of movie you might put this in, maybe it's a horror if you find numbers scary?! But the whole numerology thing is nonsense anyway. The only number system that counts is binary, I was so bored watching this movie that I worked out that 23 is 101111 in binary.
23 reasons for the Number 23
posted on 09 Jul 2009The concept of the Number 23 has intrigued me ever since I first saw the trailer for the movie nearly a month ago. Until that point I was not aware of this bizarre myth of the number, I had no idea that supposedly the number 23 was the number that surrounded our lives, and influenced events that occurred. But then I saw the trailer, and ever since then, like Jim Carrey in this movie, I became slightly obsessed with the idea and the number. After doing a bit, well a few hours admittedly, of research I discovered some very disturbing and amazing facts about the number. For example, the 9/11 bombings occurred on the 9/11/2001, 9+11+2+1 = 23. Here's another one, the Hiroshima bombing occurred at 15:08, 15+8 = 23. And to the top it all off Mayans traditionally believed the end of the world would occur on the 23rd December 2012. For the year 2012, 20+1+2 = 23. Yep there's loads of little facts like that that all add up to number 23. Coincidence? Well that's up to you to decide, but ultimately your feelings on these bizarre coincidences will also affect how you feel about this movie. If you go into the film believing that this number 23 legend is a load of absolute rubbish and that none of it is even remotely interesting then you will leave the movie feeling exactly the same. If you do find the coincidences intriguing then you will be guaranteed to leave the cinema feeling very paranoid and slightly more aware of all the numbers you see in every day life. The Number 23 is a good movie, not a great one to be certain, but a good one. Its idea stands out the strongest and the performances from Jim Carrey and Virginia Madsen are both brilliant. However the movie has many problems, maybe 23 of them? (spooky). Anyway the problems are usually small but still unfortunately noticeable. Well now then, I'm going to list 23 good points for this movie, as I still did love it, I won't try the 23 bad points as that might take a long time for me to think up, but will instead do a brief summary of the bad points.THE GOOD POINTS!1. The plot is very, very interesting. 2. Jim Carrey delivers one of his strongest performances to date. 3. Virginia Madsen adds very good support in a role that could have been bland. 4. The films fantasy sequences look beautiful. 5. You'll have fun trying to guess the twist. 6. The nice little touches of the number 23 being practically everywhere will please eagle eyed people. 7. The opening credits are great. 8. The comedy at the beginning works well before turning very dark. 9. The movie never feels overlong, and has a decent run time. 10. The atmosphere in some sequences is brilliant. 11. The actual detective story for the book works very well. 12. Any sequence with Danny Huston is particularly memorable. 13. The murder bits are well staged without ever feeling ridiculous. 14. Jim Carry's character is very believable, even when he is ridiculously paranoid. 15. The music score adds great atmosphere without ever being stupidly loud and overbearing. 16. If you are a fan of the concept you'll adore the movie. 17. When the twist does come its explained pretty well, despite the fact I felt the twist was a load of rubbish. 18. The movie is wrapped up very neatly, surprising as after the twist I thought it would struggle to recover. 19. Errrm, errrm. Oh OK I give up now, god this is difficult.Anyway just to wrap up what I've just written, the Number 23 has very many good points and I still do recommend it very much.Now then, the bad points. Unfortunately the movies twist is just a bit too far for my liking. Some people might like it, perhaps it was just to silly for my liking. But in my eyes I felt the twist was just a poor way to wrap up what could have been a very decent murder mystery. The exactly 23 minutes of explanation after that might make it a bit more understandable and possibly verge on passable, but the fact is that it just never feels very good. The script also has big problems at times, while for the most part it is inventive and witty, other parts feel too clichéd and predictable. But perhaps my biggest moan has to go with Ned the dog, I won't ruin what Ned the dog is, but any scene I saw with that damn dog just made me either smirk or laugh out loud. It just seems a bit ridiculous and just took away an extra edge the movie needed.Overall The Number 23 is a good movie that remains and intriguing and entertaining piece of cinema. But what could have been a brilliant movie settles for just a decent one, good performances and a brilliant plot are marred by a dodgy twist, some scripting problems, and of course Ned. Still if you are interested in the idea I recommend you see it as you are likely to like it, but if you're a bit against the idea there is a high likelihood you'll leave the cinema with the exact same opinion.
Quite good one but.. still big mistake
posted on 09 Jul 2009I don't know how Topsycret can wrote about the Waco case(1993)in his book which does not happen yet at that time( the girl died -1991)... Do you agree? I don't know how Topsycret can wrote about the Waco case(1993)in his book which does not happen yet at that time( the girl died -1991)... Do you agree? I don't know how Topsycret can wrote about the Waco case(1993)in his book which does not happen yet at that time( the girl died -1991)... Do you agree?I don't know how Topsycret can wrote about the Waco case(1993)in his book which does not happen yet at that time( the girl died -1991)... Do you agree? I don't know how Topsycret can wrote about the Waco case(1993)in his book which does not happen yet at that time( the girl died -1991)... Do you agree? I don't know how Topsycret can wrote about the Waco case(1993)in his book which does not happen yet at that time( the girl died -1991)... Do you agree?
A Review of "The Number 23"
posted on 30 Aug 2009The Number 23The Number 23 is a thrilling roller coaster ride that will have you on the edge of your seat during every minute. The story revolves around Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey), an ordinary family man who starts to get involved in a novel that his wife, Agatha (Virginia Madsen) bought him for his birthday. As Walter reads the novel, he realizes that the books retells his childhood and specific details about his life and starts to question it. Now Walter is on a mission to find out the truth behind the book and the number 23 which he has connected to many facts about his life. Jim Carrey does a fantastic job in this movie and it shows an emotional side to him that we could never see in his comedy movies. I was contemplating if I could take him seriously and this movie makes me believe that he can pull off any movie he wants. Also, the little tidbits hidden through out the movie are great examples of foreshadowing. So hold on to your seats and enjoy this thrilling, fantastic movie. It's definitely worth seeing and I can vouch for that.