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. Slow... ly, with danger to himself and to his family, he closes in on the truth.Read moreLess
Gimmicky numerology plus Jim Carrey minus narrative coherence equals The Number 23, a visually and psychologically murky thriller that, given its hero's paranoid obsession with the titular number, plays like a very grungy episode of "Sesame Street." Noirish fantasy sequences and red herrings galore fail to enliven this straight-faced but silly exercise from helmer Joel Schumacher, while the prospect of Carrey in downbeat thriller mode promises to intrigue as many potential audiences as it turns off, equating to likely midrange numbers at the box office.
Fernley Phillips' first produced screenplay is structured around the "23 enigma," which states that all si...
In a chilling TV commercial that's been airing for a home security system, a mother snaps a photo of her two ballerina daughters. When she glances down at the viewfinder, she sees a man's face in the darkened window behind them. That 30-second spot has more scares in it than the entirety of the ridiculously inept thriller The Number 23.
Written by newcomer Fernley Phillips and directed by veteran Joel Schumacher, the movie stars Jim Carrey as Walter Sparrow, an animal-control officer who goes off the deep end after being bitten by a spooky dog named Ned and reading an odd novel found in a used-book store by his wife, Agatha (Virginia Madsen in the lesser of ...
It's been a long time since Jim Carrey's reign as Hollywood's number one comedy star. His straight roles in dramas like Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind have been far more interesting than lukewarm comedies like Bruce Almighty and Fun With Dick And Jane. The Number 23 continues this trend towards darker, more adult roles, but isn't anywhere near as successful as Eternal Sunshine, resulting in a potentially interesting but ultimately disappointing thriller that delves into the strange world of numerology.
Carrey plays Walter Sparrow, a mild-mannered guy who enjoys a great relationship with his wife Agatha (Madsen) and son. Everything seems perfectly...
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