The Number 23 (Unrated Infinifilm Edition)
by Joel Schumacher
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Actor: Danny Huston, Jim Carrey, Logan Lerman, Lynn Collins, Virginia MadsenDirector: Joel Schumacher
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 191 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-07-24
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: New Line Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Number 23 (Unrated Infinifilm Edition)
Movie Review: Painful
Summary: 1 Stars
This bizarre and, ultimately, sucky movie was brought to us by garbage-pusher Joel Schumacher, and stars Jim Carrey. Carrey is completely wasted in this boring, badly directed, badly written, badly acted snooze-fest. Leave it on the shelf, it'll just put you to sleep!
Plot-wise, it concerns Jim Carrey's growing obsession with the number 23, a murder mystery, and lame, yawn-inducing drama. You won't care, and each twist is as unimpressive as the last.
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Summary of The Number 23 (Unrated Infinifilm Edition)
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 clich?d 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 DaltonIn Joel Schumacher s psychological thriller THE NUMBER 23 Jim Carrey takes on another dramatic role. Carrey s character is similar to his roles in THE TRUMAN SHOW and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND: he portrays an average man thrust into quite extraordinary situations after a series of strange events cause him to question everything he s ever taken for granted. On his birthday Walter Sparrow is given a mysterious and tattered book called THE NUMBER 23 by his loving wife Agatha (Virginia Madsen). As Walter reads the book he quickly notices its alarming similarities to his own life. Rather than stop reading he continues unknowingly inviting the book to take over his life. The deeper Walter gets into the plot the more he sees himself in its protagonist Fingerling whom we see through highly stylized sequences in which Carrey appears as the seedy detective character. Madsen is also present in these scenes cast as Fingerling s pain-loving girlfriend Fabrizia. As Fingerling and Fabrizia s love affair inches towards its fiery conclusion we learn the role the number 23 has played in their story and will play in Walter s future if he cannot keep his growing obsession with it at bay. While Carrey and Madsen are adept at playing a man gone mad and a headstrong wife in crisis they are most fascinating as their dark counterparts and Schumacher succeeds in creating a truly intoxicating noirish underworld of sex and death through those sequences.Runtime: 95 minFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: R UPC: 794043106880 Manufacturer No: N10688
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