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The Number 23

The Number 23

2007
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1h 38m
Animal control officer Walter Sparrow (Carrey) has found a book he doesn't dare put down. By reading a mysterious novel, "The Number 23," given to him as a birthday gift by his wife, Walter twists his once placid existence into an inferno of psychological torture that could possibly lead him to his death and the deaths of his loved ones. And all because of a number: The Number 23. (New Line Cinema)

The Number 23

2007
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1h 38m
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Avg Percentile 32.32% from 5178 total ratings

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Rated 25 Feb 2007
30
16th
Joel Schumacher can eat my balls. And he would.
Rated 15 Dec 2007
50
2nd
WOAH! Everything really DOES lead to the number 23, like 25-2, or 13+10, or 5+4x56/287+542x7/21 !!!
Rated 28 Feb 2007
30
7th
Waste of time..
Rated 27 Jul 2010
10
3rd
Jim Carrey does a very good and dark performance. Too bad he can't save the film from the total trainwreck it started to be
Rated 16 Jun 2009
30
9th
Absurd. Go watch "Pi", it's basically a similar premise without all of the ridiculous bullshit.
Rated 29 Mar 2009
34
12th
Why Joel Schumacher still doing these craps and I can never understand how very famous stars like Julia Roberts and Jim Carrey work with him !! ..
Rated 28 Aug 2008
20
6th
Carrey in another comedy role, only this time he's not even funny. S plus hit =shit. Sh plus it =shit. Shi plus t =shit. The word is everywhere!
Rated 30 Jun 2007
1
12th
Why do I continue to torture myself with Schmacher movies?
Rated 30 Sep 2012
48
28th
Schumacher could have at least had the decency to make it 23 minutes long.
Rated 26 Feb 2012
30
31st
Re watch: Can't believe I first gave this a 86.. Damn. Anyway, I really liked the idea, but it was so poorly executed. The acting was so average and the last part was unnecessary. It could've been good, what a shame..
Rated 16 Jan 2012
23
8th
"My favorite color is pink. Pink is red and white. Red 27. White 65. 65+27=92. Pink is four letters. 92 divided by 4 is twenty-fucking-three." At this point I could no longer contain myself and had what a friend kindly called a giggle fit for the rest of the film. But by the depth and intensity, I could hardly call it a giggle. More of a guffaw. After the film I was looking for the number 23 only to discover it wasn't everywhere. Just in as many places as most other numbers.
Rated 11 Jan 2011
13
6th
Too lame to even warrant an eponymous score.
Rated 26 Nov 2010
23
18th
OMG! This is soooo spoooookky!! The criticker recommendation engine actually predicted my score for this movie! It's like it read my thoughts, like it was living MY LIFE!
Rated 17 Sep 2010
19
4th
It follows the bad movie formula very closely. Step1: take an over the top script that would rarely work; step2: put it in the hands of one of the shittiest directors working in Hollywood; step3: hire one-dimensional comedy star for dramatic role; step4: collect the profit. I wanted to give this movie rating of 23/100, but it's not even worth that.
Rated 05 Dec 2009
40
28th
Oh. My. God! 3 minus 2 is 1, right? 1 plus 23 is 24, right? 24, divided by 3 is 8! Now 2 plus 3 is 5 multiplied by 8 is 40 which is exactly what I've chosen to rate this film! Also! 2 plus 3 plus 2 plus 3 equals 10, which is the part of the score that can be attributed to Carrey's acting! IT ALL FITS! DON'T. YOU. SEE. ?!!
Rated 01 Jul 2009
50
14th
A good performance by Jim Carrey and some good scenes do not make a good movie. Most of the rest of this experience is unfortunately too serious and too long to be enjoyed on a camp level but too poorly made to be enjoyed as a serious movie.
Rated 25 Feb 2009
10
23rd
27 = 2 & 7 -> 2 - 7 = -5 = -1*(2+3) ... 23!!!!
Rated 30 Dec 2008
23
6th
I sure hope Jim Carrey doesn't look at the score I gave his movie, or he might go CARAAAZY!
Rated 23 Dec 2008
69
21st
Towards the beginning, the film seems to be a promising postmodernist script reminscent of the novel House of Leaves. This alone made it compelling despite the flaws of the performances (Carrey cannot do serious roles at all). Yet by the end it was obvious that this was yet another by-the-numbers mind-of-a-killer psychological thriller with the absurd twist of family-fun mystery-solving in the middle. Utterly disappointing.
Rated 27 Oct 2008
25
27th
Just go watch Pi dammit.
Rated 24 Jul 2008
5
6th
Terrible ideas and concept along with horrible execution.
Rated 23 Feb 2008
37
11th
Wow, this movie is terrible. The ridiculous story and writing make The Number 23 among 2007's worst movies movies by far. Jim Carey is particularly bad in this movie, as he's over the top and straight up weird. Skip this piece of garbage no matter how good people will tell you it is, it's not good, it's forgettable and stupid.
Rated 21 Dec 2007
60
28th
I don't really get why everyone hates this film so much, I had a pretty good time watching it.
Rated 06 May 2007
44
13th
Schumacher/Carrey have an interesting idea that's not well-explored in their ridiculous screenplay. I'm confused why they would take on a project like this anyway, because you'd have to try very hard to make scares out of a number, but they settle for "23! It's everywhere!! It's in the color Pink! Ahh!" While I'm making it sound like an abomination, it's not the worst thing to hit screens this year to be sure, it just needs some rewrites, and a better director... say, David Fincher?
Rated 03 Mar 2007
52
36th
This movie was very clever, the idea of the number 23 dominating this man's life and all the dates that added to the number 23 was really good. One thing that made me dislike this film was how obvious things were. You knew exactly when and what was going to happen.
Rated 02 Mar 2007
50
35th
Passes the time.
Rated 26 Feb 2007
32
6th
Visually a great movie. The writing came up short though. The characters and their obsession with the 23 wears thin after a little while and becomes annoying. Not to mention one of the characters was unidentified and seemed to pose as a filler for the movie. So-so writing, but it looked great.
Rated 22 Jun 2023
70
29th
Opinión personal: 7.5 Actores: 7.5 Guión: 7.5 Fotografía: 6.5 BSO: 6 Otros:9 Iluminación:6 FX:- Director:6 Humor:- Vestuario/caracterización: Metraje: Total: 70
Rated 11 Feb 2023
23
5th
23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23
Rated 27 Jan 2023
10
2nd
One of the worst movies i've ever seen but not fun, just a dull drag. Nonsensical in every way, stylistically looks like porn, pacing totally off (60% is flashbacks or flashbacks within a flashback!), confusing, major plot holes, Jim Carrey looks f** scary.
Rated 27 Jan 2023
51
36th
(23 - 23) + 23 = ? Good noir style at times, fails at ridiculous number searching and lacks a bit of substance. Carrey fits well into this kind of role.
Rated 26 Mar 2022
50
35th
ger; [the number 23]; ein tierfänger bekommt von seiner freundin ein buch zur zahl 23, doch anschliessend dreht sich nur noch alles darum - und führt zu einem psychologisch verschüttetem abgrund.;
Rated 12 Oct 2021
23
5th
Trash. Not even Jim Carrey can make this good
Rated 12 Oct 2021
14
6th
just stupid all around
Rated 15 Sep 2021
10
2nd
Take a shot everytime you hear 23.
Rated 22 May 2021
25
9th
Worse than the awful.
Rated 21 Mar 2021
60
30th
Hot mystical garbage, hook it up to my veins
Rated 21 Apr 2020
65
39th
rvw. i love how stupid the math is lol. noticed more OCD and Pure O this time. like seeing their lives and reactions parallel the book. end part gets worse but i still think the twist is really cool
Rated 03 Feb 2018
50
8th
I watched this film 03 of February :) lol..
Rated 26 Sep 2017
15
61st
8/6
Rated 19 Aug 2017
60
63rd
okay movie
Rated 08 Aug 2017
20
7th
It's poor in just about every way. A miscast Jim Carrey trudges his way through this thriller that is itself devoid of any tension. The script and premise is simple and nothing is done to make it much more interesting, and Joel Schumacher does nothing interesting in terms of camerawork or voice. I give this movie a few points in that there is effort put in here, but it fails at almost all levels.
Rated 07 Aug 2017
39
12th
Interesting premise that could lead to some House of Leaves-styled shenanigans. Unfortunately the writer decided to go with the most obvious twist possible, which I guess was inevitable considering the mediocre writing quality of the titular book.
Rated 30 May 2017
3
15th
One of Jim Carrey's funnier movies
Rated 11 May 2016
5
1st
W2E1P1S0V1M0A0R0.
Rated 10 Jan 2016
60
18th
Not a good film, but i must have seen it in the right mood on the right day because i like it. Although i have only seen it once, four years ago, and have not wanted to revisit it since, if that says anything.
Rated 19 Oct 2015
95
97th
WoW unexpected performance by "Jim Carrey" , Stunning story
Rated 29 Mar 2015
44
10th
2.21/5
Rated 10 Feb 2015
2
44th
More understandable than "PI". But not necessarily better.
Rated 22 Dec 2014
55
21st
I have no idea what I just watched.
Rated 05 Dec 2014
25
8th
Banal and ultimately predictable, and way more conventional than I had vaguely hoped might be the case before I found out who the director was.
Rated 12 Aug 2014
23
10th
Oh my God look at my score!! 23! How is that possible!
Rated 06 May 2014
23
13th
I rated it a 23.
Rated 02 Apr 2014
87
58th
23 isn't an evil number.24 IS AN EVIL NUMBER
Rated 03 Jan 2014
8
1st
Jim Carrey has been sharp in a number of non-comedic roles, but this lurid, overheated, and self-serious potboiler is not one of them. The Number 23 is clumsy, unengaging, and mostly confusing.
Rated 26 Sep 2013
65
9th
not really worth watching
Rated 11 Aug 2013
23
13th
Utter gash,this is a very dumb movie.
Rated 17 Jul 2013
28
19th
Very messy. Carrey is terribly miscast, but still manages to be the only really salvageable aspect of this movie. Schumacher is such a hack.
Rated 06 Jun 2013
63
22nd
I think that this movie wanted to be better but it just sort of failed to live up to it's own expectations. I don't really remember much about it, which I guess says something, but I don't remember actively hating it.
Rated 02 Jun 2013
40
19th
Not only does this movie piss me off for being so lame, it also gets some of its facts about 23 wrong. Why would it make this shit up? Laziness?
Rated 13 Apr 2013
90
59th
Can it be good and bad both?
Rated 19 Jan 2013
89
65th
A strong performance by Carrey, great cinematography.
Rated 16 Jan 2013
69
46th
The plot of this one is normal sub-par horror movie quality. Completely forgettable. On the other hand, Jim Carrey's performance is EXCELLENT. I've seen him in serious movies before, but this one really shows his range. It's worth a watch for that reason alone.
Rated 10 Jan 2013
52
17th
This movie is bad. The "twist" ending, if you can call it that, makes the build-up passable, but still hard to believe. The absurd fantasy scenes were about the only interesting parts until the climax.
Rated 10 Jan 2013
91
26th
People usually rate this movie pretty low because Jim Carrey, who is famous for his goofy roles, here is playing a very dark and shady character. This, in fact, makes people question whether Jim is serious or whether the whole story is a joke. This is supposed to be a psychological thriller with turns and twists so if you do not take him seriously you will definitely not enjoy it. I thought this movie was decent.
Rated 24 Jun 2012
3
3rd
Tries to be a mixture of House of Leaves and Seven and fails on both accounts. I was keen to see Carrey in more serious roles after Eternal Sunshine but this one has dampened my expectations just a little bit.
Rated 26 May 2012
30
1st
Oh, it had such promise! It started off so well. Jim Carrey not doing his usual goofy stuff-good. A bit of creepy dark environment seeping in-okay, still good. Hey, something is happening-okay, maybe this will turn out well. Okay, Okay, hey...still waiting. Hey, what the hell is happening? Hey...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I fell asleep after 30 minutes and am still waiting to meet someone who has seen and understood this completely! Oh, Such Promise...
Rated 26 Feb 2012
45
18th
I think Carrey is a good enough actor where he could really work in a movie where he descends into madness. Just not this one, because it's kind of stupid.
Rated 26 Dec 2011
60
3rd
a really weird movie
Rated 21 Dec 2011
57
9th
I did not enjoy this movie. Jim Carrey needs to start making better choices. I didn't find the story interesting at all. Virginia Madsen was wasted in this movie.
Rated 18 Dec 2011
65
5th
I remember seeing this in theaters. I thought it was a really interesting role played by Jim Carrey. Although it wasn't recieved too great, I didn't think it was completely terrible. Definetly made me feel a bit paraonoid after.
Rated 09 Nov 2011
23
3rd
Just laughably bad. They constantly bend over backwards in this movie to make it look like a ton of numbers add up to 23 (or often 32, which is 23 backwards... Because THAT makes mathematical sense) like it's a real conspiracy. It's not entirely unredeemable though. The plot was decent, and its only downfall is that it does revolve around this outrageously stupid conspiracy theory. If it had been a fictional conspiracy, it would have been fine.
Rated 26 Oct 2011
10
9th
"This review's opening sentence, the really dull, pointless one that you are reading at this very moment, is comprised of exactly 23 words." - Nick Schager
Rated 10 Sep 2011
31
8th
Comedic masterpiece right here.
Rated 10 Aug 2011
50
47th
The Number 23 certainly isn't a great film, but it works in keeping your attention. Whether it's just so that you can find out what's going on the entire time or because seeing Jim Carrey in a role that isn't in a goofy comedy film is such a rare opportunity that you must relish it, you'll still likely be entertained. I've got to give it a slight recommendation, even if you'll be unlikely to want to watch it more than once.
Rated 07 Aug 2011
90
74th
A surprisingly interesting film, despite it's slightly neurotic premise. There's little to say about The Number 23 that isn't going to give key information away (much like it's hard to talk about Sixth Sense without spoiling it). I add this movie to my list of reasons why Jim Carey is so much better an actor than most people realize. Must like they forget Dead Poet's Society when they think of Robin Williams, people forget things like The Truman Show when Jim Carrey comes up. A pity.
Rated 25 Jul 2011
14
9th
Jim Carrey tries valiantly to save the script from its own awfulness.
Rated 27 May 2011
23
3rd
Oh shit the score this has... ffff. 23. fffffFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Rated 17 May 2011
75
78th
This shit gave me OCD
Rated 09 May 2011
39
8th
Here is the premise of the film - given free use of the entire set of all mathematical tools, it is supposed to be alarming that the number 23 can be found through equations and processes using numbers gathered from every-day statistics and facts. Personally, I think they should make a sequel where somebody becomes obsessed with how, given the free use the entire set of keys on a keyboard, somebody could come up with a pathetic script and then somehow sell it to a major studio. Much scarier.
Rated 04 Apr 2011
70
22nd
Jim Carey should stick to Comedies
Rated 21 Mar 2011
70
61st
Better than I thought it would be, I was surprised
Rated 07 Jan 2011
81
18th
1
Rated 30 Oct 2010
2
28th
Not-great-but-watchable mystery. I liked the interplay of reality and fantastic flashes (which were filmed in a comic noir style). Carrey was good.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
40
11th
Carrey tries and fails in this mess.
Rated 10 Jun 2010
23
8th
I give it 23 just to fuck with Jim Carrey.
Rated 02 May 2010
64
19th
It wasn't that awful. Although it disturbs me he reads slowly. It's interesting that most people reviewing have a problem with numerology bit as that is just a consequence of something else, just an effect of the real problem. It could just as well have been about teapots or door mats. Which probably would have made it a better movie, but that's not the point.
Rated 20 Apr 2010
40
34th
Fairly pointless film but worth a watch if you have nothing else to do. I mean its not painful to watch just.....pointless.
Rated 17 Apr 2010
78
45th
Jim Carrey needs to reassess his career.
Rated 09 Apr 2010
0
0th
Had to turn this nonsense off, so maybe it gets better, but I doubt it.
Rated 30 Mar 2010
92
46th
it had an inetresting plot, but the screenplay was a let down!!!! Schumacher directed it vey well with the shaky cameras, a graphic-novel-clad surrounding but the end was too obvious. good acting though by jim carrey
Rated 27 Mar 2010
65
16th
Not the best Jim Carrey movie by any means, but it's not bad. Going with the conspiracy theory of the number 23, the story unfolds nicely, although excessively blatant with the number 23 reference. I can see why that could've been the whole point of it, but it was exaggerated.
Rated 21 Feb 2010
35
4th
34.750
Rated 13 Jan 2010
60
13th
While not as bad as the plot sounds, Jim Carrey is the only one who actually does acting. His performance is really great, but everyone else needs to go back to acting school for another semester or two. The plot starts to get really silly after a while, but it has a nice ending and there are several visuals that are stunning.
Rated 08 Jan 2010
75
10th
I missed the begining, but, in fact, it was a good thing because I was less disappointed. It is an ok story, but the impression I have is that this is not the appropriate kind of movie for Jim.
Rated 23 Dec 2009
80
78th
Its not a good film, utterly ludicrous, but its amazing that this film exists - a film, despite its silly concept is still able to present an interesting concept of how an idea, any no matter how absurd it is, can infect a person and distort them. That its laced in a sincere but ultimately bizarre premise has kept this in my mind a lot. I admit too I have a soft spot for Joel Schumacher that's difficult to defend, but his filmography is always fascinating for where it goes.
Rated 18 Dec 2009
72
31st
A thriller that plays with your mind, toys with you, then leaves you there with nothing more then an ending that isnt up to the standards of the rest of the film.
Rated 14 Dec 2009
80
71st
Good thriller, but the end is kind of disappointing.
Rated 29 Nov 2009
75
54th
An intriguing premise and pretty good execution, for the most part. The main problem most people will have with the film, I believe, is that it relies heavily on the ending, which isn't as meaningful as it needs to be for the film to feel satisfying and complete. But, I can't discount that the rest of the film did have my interest.
Rated 27 Nov 2009
1
11th
The plot twists are honestly offensive to the viewer's intelligence.

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