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The paranoid-obsessive behavior of a canine control officer (i.e., dog-catcher) worries his wife and son after a book his spouse has given him begins taking over his life. The tome of 'fiction' in question, self-published under a pseudonym and entitled "The Number 23", involves a detective with a kinky brunette and a suicidal blonde, the latter of whom is convinced everything that happens in life links back to the number 23. Some quick arithmetic leads our protagonist to discover the most important dates in his life directly or indirectly form 23...but soon the novel becomes a murder story. It's a case of life imitating literature but, unfortunately, not a film imitating art. Director Joel Schumacher's psychological thriller is well-produced and well-crafted without being very good. Jim Carrey, with haunted eyes and not a trace of personality, arduously underplays in the lead (with both pets and detectives figuring prominently in the narrative, his casting almost seems like an in-joke). Carrey is outshone, anyway, by Virginia Madsen at his wife, while the twists and turns of this story lead us down a depressing road, capped by a thud of an ending. *1/2 from ****

The Number 23 is a psychological thriller from director Joel Schumacher, and while the film contains an interesting premise and a juicy role for its star, it never coalesces into the taught adult entertainer it is trying to be.The story focuses on Jim Carrey's Walter Sparrow, a dog-catcher whose life is soon thrown into turmoil as he begins reading a book titled "The Number 23". The book seems to be based on his own life, and it details the seemingly supernatural aura surround the number 23. Through his reading, Walter begins to obsess over 23. The plot makes more than a few major leaps in logic in order to spice up Walter descent into madness. I won't say these logical forgivings are deal breakers. In fact, there are some neat ideas in The Number 23 (The hook about the titular number is at least mildly intriguing), but Schumacher and company don't do enough to mold these ideas into something entertaining.Jim Carey is the main attraction here, turning in a rare dramatic performance. Carrey has an excellent track record with dramatic material (The Truman Show, Man on the Moon, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), but here the focus of those three wonderful movies is not there. Walter as a character has no defining character traits beyond obsessive or psychotic. Carrey tries his best to energize the role, and he is the most interesting part of the film, but his performance is really nothing special and it certainly doesn't make the plot any less silly.I think Joel Schumacher is often unfairly criticized for directing the worst film interpretation of one of the most popular superheroes ever. Schumacher is a competent director and he can (and has) done great things when paired with good material. In The Number 23, he is lost. This film treads just too close to Lifetime movie territory. The emotional beats never quite hit, the story is clumsy, and the characters are foggy archetypes. The Number 23 has an interesting Jim Carrey performance and it made me look at 23 in a new way (which is something), but there is not much to recommend with this messy thriller.35/100

Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) works animal control. Walter gets bite by a dog and late to meet his wife Agatha (Virginia Madsen). She walks into a book store and they find a book "The Number 23". He is captivated by the book about Detective Fingerling (Jim Carrey). He is soon obsessed with the number 23, the book and the author Topsy Kretts. He finds connections to his own life and the number drives him slowly into madness.Director Joel Schumacher may be trying to create a world of madness. All he actually achieves is an infuriating mess of a story. The movie is pretty lifeless. It's like trying to talk to somebody who keeps talking about the number 23. It's very repetitive and goes nowhere. I don't blame Carrey or any of the actors. The other world following the book and Fingerling is rather boring and distracts from the movie. This is simply madness.

As an initial viewer back when The Number 23 was shown in theaters, there was a lot of anticipation that was only let down afterwards. Now after seven years, I thought I'd give The Number 23 another try since the plot escaped my head and the twist was forgotten. Unfortunately, there was no change in my feelings for this film, which is utter disappointment. There was so much potential for this film with its cool plot idea and solid cast. The plot line of everything in your life (birth date, address, social security, driver's id, etc.…) all adding up to the number 23 is an interesting concept. However, a non-interesting side story between pseudo-characters in a book with all around hideous acting and writing really shot down any possibilities this film had. The film did have the properties to make a great horror thrill but instead I found myself laughing at the ridiculousness of The Number 23.