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The Number 23 (2007)

The Number 23
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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.

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R, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Release Date: Feb 23, 2007
DVD Release Date: Jul 05, 2005

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1 day ago
I really thought this would be better than it was. It was pretty bad unfortunately.
1 day ago
jim carrey, why do you do anything but serious films? this and eternal make me love you, but all your other shit makes me question why i do. this was a good one, very creepy and totally draws you into the conspiracy!
2 days ago
the plot twist was obvious for me, but i liked the flashes. Jim Carrey is a great actor, and he's smokin' hot in that black suit. :)
4 days ago
hahahaha. so cheesy.
4 days ago
I think it is a little underrated. Good movie and WHAT A TWIST!!

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1014 days ago
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
The author's obsession with the number 23 becomes Walter's, and we're treated to a lot of examples of numbers that add up to 23, which means a lot of scenes in which people say things like, 'What's 14 plus 9? 23!' and look haunted.
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1014 days ago
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.
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1014 days ago
Pete Hammond, Maxim
Carrey skillfully leads us on a twisted trek with hair-raising jolts.
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1014 days ago
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 artfully claustrophobic rooms and corridors.
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1015 days ago
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.
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