Rotten
For all its gimmicky numerology, The Number 23 just doesn't add up.
Tom Charity, CNN.com
The Number 23
First it takes hold of your mind...then it takes hold of your life.
2007 · 1h 37m · R
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Joel Schumacher
Overview
Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.
Director and cast
- Joel Schumacher Director
- Jim Carrey as Walter Sparrow / Fingerling
- Virginia Madsen as Agatha Sparrow / Fabrizia
- Logan Lerman as Robin Sparrow
- Danny Huston as Isaac French/Dr. Miles Phoenix
- Lynn Collins as Suicide Blonde / Mrs. Dobkins / Young Fingerling's Mother
- Mark Pellegrino as Kyle Finch
- Rhona Mitra as Laura Tollins
- Paul Butcher as Young Fingerling
- David Stifel Cast
- Ed Lauter Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
8%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Pretty much every important date in history...can be teased to fit the pattern. What can't be hammered out of this fixation, apparently, is a coherent movie.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Rotten
It just adds up to sheer ineptitude.
Melissa Anderson, Time Out New York
Rotten
Watching Carrey babble gibberish about the sinister nature of 23 in scene after hyperventilating scene isn't any more fun or enlightening than listening to street-corner lunatics discourse on similar topics.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Rotten
The Number 23 is an accidental comedy starring a deadly serious Jim Carrey.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
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