The Number 23 [Blu-ray]

The Number 23 [Blu-ray]
by Joel Schumacher

The Number 23 [Blu-ray]

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Actor: Danny Huston, Jim Carrey, Logan Lerman, Rhona Mitra, Virginia Madsen
Director: Joel Schumacher
Brand: NEW Line Home Video
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.40:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-10-06
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: New Line Home Video
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Ever notice how phenomena and events tie to the number 23? Walter Sparrow has: 2012 (20+1+2), the end of the Mayan calendar 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body February 3 (2/3), Walter s birthday. Here, there, everywhere, Walter sees connections. And it may be driving him to madness and murder. Jim Carrey puts aside his comedy persona to portray haunted, desperate Walter in an immersive psy

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Summary of The Number 23 [Blu-ray]

NUMBER 23 - Blu-Ray Movie

Jim Carrey as a schizophrenic murderer isn't convincing, in this melodramatic film about a man obsessed by the Number 23. Joel Schumacher (Batman Forever, St. Elmo's Fire) has unintentionally managed to make a comedy of horrors that really is quite humorous in parts. Walter Sparrow (Carrey) becomes engrossed in a homespun novel about Detective Fingerling, whose life degrades into mayhem because of his obsession with 23's esoteric numerical puzzles. Sparrow's preoccupation with the book follows his botched attempt to catch a nasty dog that bites him, leading one to believe that Sparrow's contraction of rabies might be the cause for his mental degradation. As the story progresses, Sparrow retreats further into Fingerling's world, rife with suicidal sexpots and hardboiled detective sleuthing. His wife, Agatha (Virginia Madsen), also plays Fingerling's girlfriend, sex-crazed Fabrizia, who taunts Fingerling until he stabs her. Back in reality, Walter aims to solve the unresolved crimes in the book, taking it as a murderer's diary rather than as an imagined work. The story is half-baked, though Carrey's portrayal of a mentally disturbed person is what makes The Number 23 comedic. Long, contemplative stares, and over-dramatized acting renders Sparrow a clichéd character, rather than one odd enough to engage viewers. For a better version of almost the exact plot but with a terrorist's twist, see Thr3e instead. --Trinie Dalton

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