1.5/4  The Number 23
The Number 23 is an gigantic mess that takes an already stupid story and adds on Terrible direction by Joel Schumacher, A Dreadfully bad script and a incredible waste of talent. Jim Carrey is painfully miscast as the lead and gives one of ... (read full)

2.5/4  Overdoing it...again
This movie should have stopped when Walter Sparrow ripped the wallpaper off and found all of the writing on the wall. There wasn't actually a need to continue; it was a perfect stopping point of intrigue. People would have had something ... (read full)

2.5/4  The Number 23 Review
“Sorry dude, we don’t have that.” So says the punk at the concession when I asked him if they had any breakfast cereal. My evening wasn’t going well.

But I was pleasantly surprised that “The Number 23″ was actually halfly good. I ... (read full)

2/4  The Number 23 Quick Review
Kinda boring. Certainly not one of Carrey's better movies.

2.5/4  The Number 23 Quick Review
A very interesting movie that does have some really good moments. The beginning started off great but as the movie progressives the number 23 seems to become less important. It did have an interesting twist towards the end but was muddled.

2.5/4  The Number 23 Quick Review
A competent, if forgettable thriller about obsession. Jim Carrey does a good job as the lead - playing two different characters none the less. A interesting, but convoluted plot, keeps it going, but by the end it's just hard to care.

3/5 Doesn't Quite Cut It... Literally
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A serial killer can't easily become a preschool teacher. The same can be said for an actor with a successful history in comedy, who tries to bust through that shirt and sign up for a serious role in a movie.

In other words, Jim Carry is a cool guy, but whoever decided that he should flip the lid and take on a very serious and dark role was, frankly, a stupid one. Even looking at the movie cover is ridiculous- you see the funnyman himself with numbers carved into his skin, and it looks funny. Not scary. Wrong effect for a scary movie, unless the expectations have changed.

Really, I believe this movie would have done better with a different actor in the lead role as the 23-obsessed murderer, Walter Sparrow. It's an interesting idea- dealing with the 23 enigma- and with some twinges with the plot and dialogue, it would have come over much better. But don't get me wrong- considering this is his first dramatic role, Carry did alright, I guess. It was just the fact he was so ill-fit for the movie!

And even though I didn't really like this movie for some of the ridiculous plot twists, harsh language, and dark, almost disturbing scenes, I liked it enough to make a review. I did admire some of the computer effects, like when they used it to tell the story of Fingerling, who is the main character in the book, The Number 23, in which Walter Sparrow (Carry) finds odd similarities with. I also love the Suicide Blond scene- it struck me as incredibly unique and beautiful, and the high point of the movie for me.

However, the movie was confusing, ridiculous at some points, and downright disturbing. But I'll tell you what, the day after I watched this movie, I was startled by the freakiest things.

I was riding to school, and I passed by a city bus, with 23 on the flashing numbers on its face. I thought that was pretty cool, and when I was walking into school, I even passed by a school bus- bus 23. But that was all I experienced... even then, it was weird, because I realized that the main idea of the film- what if- was the most exciting thing about it. See, those numbers would have meant nothing if I hadn't watched this the night before. So was it a coincidence, or not?

Ha- see, THAT'S why I thought this movie deserved a review, because it leaves the viewer slightly disturbed, no matter how much they love to deny it.

1/5 Skip it
  by L Gontzes (Athens, Greece)
The Number 23 was quite a disappointment; so painfully slow, it failed to catch my attention all the way until the very middle, which was when I just gave up and turned it off.
A dog catcher (slightly reminiscent of Ace Ventura) reads a book his wife gets him for his birthday about a detective who is obsessed with the number 23 and so he too becomes obsessed with that number. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
In short, the acting is all right (though nothing great, Jim Carrey is same old Jim Carrey i.e. boring), while the plot and the dialogues are below average.
Though the potential for a good movie was there it fails to take off, primarily due to the writers and the poor choice of lines and weak plot.
No masterpiece here...


3/5 america's critic
  by David R. Lingard (memphis tn)
this one was a lil different im not sure but i think this was based off a comic-- with strange turns and the ending this movie was just ok jim carrey being serious---in my life its be good at what ur great at!! and its not this fire marshal bill

2/5 Dull, plodding, clumbsy psycho-drama
  by G. E. Williams (California)
We got this the week it came out, my wife said it was so bad she didn't want to watch it again, which is unusual for her. I didn't give in until today. I could have waited another few years and it wouldn't have helped.
The only good thing about this film was the song that played during the closing credits.

Trust me... there are better ways to spend your time
1 1/2 *

1/5 Jim Carrey's career might be over.
  by Emilio Castro
Why would Jim Carrey ever try to do a serious film?
He's basically a clown.
Now he's too old to be funny and he knows that so he's trying to take more serious roles, but what a mess he's making!

The acting in this movie is absolutely weird. The plot is EXCRUCIATINGLY BORING and the first 40 mins feel like 3 HOURS!

This movie left me thinking: "What could save Jim's career?!"