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 THE
NUMBER
23
With
Jim
Carrey,
Rhona
Mitra,
Virginia
Madsen,
Logan
Lerman,
Danny
Huston,
Lynn
Collins
Directed
by
Joel
Schumacher
Jim
Carrey
is
a
fine
actor.
His
comedic
style
is
legendary
and
his
dramatic
roles
are
very
accomplished.
With
The
Number
23
he
tackles
his
first
real
thriller
–
with
varied
success.
He
plays
Walter,
a
man
living
a
relatively
mundane
life
as
a
dog
catcher.
On
his
birthday,
a
delay
in
picking
up
his
wife
leads
to
her
wandering
into
a
second
hand
bookstore.
This
activates
his
psychological
spiral
when
she
buys
him
a
book
which
was
self
published
by
an
unknown
author.
Slowly
he
becomes
engrossed
with
the
private
investigator
character
Fingerling,
and
his
trail
through
the
obsession
with
the
number
23
–
a
number
which
can
be
derived
from
many
significant
events.
He
also
sees
parallels
with
his
own
memories
and
begins
calculating
all
aspects
of
his
life,
pointing
to
this
number.
He
delves
into
this
mystery
and
believes
this
book
may
have
been
written
about
him
–
this
is
countered
with
a
slight
Sin
City
look
of
the
book’s
narrative
with
Walter
in
the
lead.
Murder
becomes
the
focal
point
and
his
obsession
starts
to
dominate
his
life.
While
finding
it
unsettling,
his
wife
assists
him
in
his
seemingly
futile
quest
to
find
the
truth.
With
some
far
fetched
coincidences
and
sequences
of
events,
the
questions
unfold.
While
the
outcome
could
easily
be
guessed
by
viewers
familiar
with
this
type
of
film,
making
it
less
of
a
fulfilling
experience,
others
will
find
it
rewarding.
Another
case
of
illustrating
Joel
Schumacher’s
versatility
(from
The
Lost
Boys,
Falling
Down
and
Batman
sequels,
to
Flawless,
Veronica
Guerin
and
Phone
Booth).
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