Director: Joel Schumacher
Year: 2007
Stars: Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins
I have vaguely wanted to watch this movie for a while, having heard that Jim Carrey is quite good in it - and always having been something of a Jim Carrey fan anyway. But I also had my reservations - I was never entirely convinced by the plot, so didn't necessarily think the movie would actually be any good.
The title of The Number 23 tells you everything you need to know about the plot really. Walter Sparrow's (Carrey) wife (Madsen) finds a book called The Number 23, and Walter becomes obsessed with the number. And that's pretty much the whole premise...
... which isn't actually as bad as it sounds. The conclusion is one of the few that could probably have worked without me either sighing or thinking it was all a bunch of nonsense. So, whilst perhaps not groundbreaking, The Number 23 is at least an enjoyable movie with a vaguely plausible storyline.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
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