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2007
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The Number 23
Positive Reviews
10
Negative reviews
34
Average Rating
2.0
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0.5
Schumacher is as much to blame for this mess as Carrey is. Over and over again, he mistakes looming shadows and manic outbursts for tension, and his p ..
Austin Chronicle
2.5
Schumacher does such a good job of it, that youre likely to leave the film feeling a tad obsessive yourself.Dont be surprised if you start adding up t ..
Cinema Blend
1.5
His directing style in this movie is uneven; some parts are hokey and overblown, while others seem to be just right.
Screen Rant
2.5
Rooted in nutty numerology and Jim Carreys desire to prove hes capable of more than pulling rubbery faces and contorting his lanky frame into comical ..
Tv Guide
3.1
Worse, the twists dont really make much sense in terms of setup and payoff.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
Like many of the most enjoyable bad movies, I can say this for it: Its never boring.
Eric Ds Nider
2.8
Yes, its preposterous, but you have to be nowadays to pull the wool over savvy audiences eyes.The Number 23 kept me involved, looks pretty damned good ..
News Review
2.0
Despite what that synopsis may suggest, and despite the presence of Carrey, Fernley Phillips script isnt a comedybut it is (not to put too fine an edg ..
News Review
2.5
It may look fabulous, and maintain a nicely creepy tone.But theres nothing more than that, even if you look for it.
Shadows On The Wall
2.0
Carreys deadpan delivery during the Suicide Blonde scene (Ill be honest, I didnt get it) provides the films only laughs and its a shame this tongue in ..
View London
2.5
(This is by one count the fourth thankless role Madsen has taken since Sideways; its a shame no one can find a better use for her talent.)
Film Journal
1.9
First time screenwriter Fernley Phillips is the mind behind this thriller.
Boston
2.5
Here, its the cultish belief that this numeral has profound significance.
Smh
2.0
Yes, you can find worse movies out there, but youll have a hard time finding a sillier one.
Mountain X
2.2
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Emanuellevy
2.5
Unfortunately, not much else comes of this.The movie is fashioned to be a psychological thriller starring an against type Jim Carrey.
Reel Talk Reviews
1.5
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Q Network
0.0
Last updated at 11:00 23 February 2007 Jim Carrey gives the worst performance of his, or indeed any other actors, career, as a gurning loony who becom ..
Daily Mail
3.2
Yet its one that a lot of audiences may find they want to take, if only because Carrey, doing his first creepy junky puzzle horror thriller, throws hi ..
Ew
3.0
Genuinely intriguing in places and romps along at a satisfying pace for a conspiracy thriller.
Empire
1.0
Somehow a second rate story from an old horror comic escaped, shanghaied some decent actors, clothed itself in fancy computer aided cinematography, an ..
Common Sense Media
3.8
The movie looks terrific, and though it always keeps moving, it never feels headlong or rushed.This is a very good movie that could have been better s ..
Sf Gate
3.0
Not really, but Joel Schumachers film proves enthralling enough to forgive a final twist so dumb you half expect Ace Ventura to appear.
Bbc
3.5
Youre funny, kid.You do that thing with your arms all twisty and make your face go goo goo like pudding, and wear that funny hair!
Washington Post
1.9
In one of his most serious parts to date, Carrey is arresting as the dual Walter Sparrow and Fingerling, and seems to enjoy getting into the mindset o ..
The Movie Boy
2.0
Seems pretty entertaining, even if the theory itself is complete bunk, right
Bullz-Eye
1.5
Instead he substitutes seemingly random bits of sexual kink, portentous animals and psychiatric mumbo jumbo for suspense and the director fails to mak ..
Reeling Reviews
1.5
If it had made us believe in that, it might have given us reason to see its absurdity as an expression of that force.
Flickfilosopher
2.5
The movie isnt sufficiently lurid or campy to be enjoyable on an exploitative level and its not well enough crafted to work as a more serious form of ..
ReelViews
1.0
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Calendar Live
2.5
Filmmaker Joel Schumacher delivers a fairly compelling opening stretch that seems to promise a creepy, thrilling horror flick, with the movie benefiti ..
Reel Film
2.0
If I wanted to give director Joel Schumacher more credit than he deserves, Id say that he purposely blew the film up at the 2/3 mark just to make the ..
7M Pictures
1.9
But it makes about as much sense as this movie, which is so dark and dense Schumacher should never attempt noir it looks like a convenience store came ..
The Star
1.9
Unfortunately, Carreys unconvincing performance here turns it into his funniest film in years.
Deseret News
3.0
A drama with noir overtones, its a thriller, murder mystery, family and psychological drama.
Urban Cine File
2.0
You keep expecting him to mug to the camera and say, Yep, this really is more stupid than Ace Ventura.The idea may be a conspiracy theorists wet dream ..
Mirror
3.8
Jim Carrey in The Number 23.The Number 23 isnt a very good movie, but it is a very enjoyable one.
Three Movie Buffs
2.5
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Kansas City
1.9
The Number 23 should be a provocative psychological thriller.It should be a good movie.
Christianity Today
0.6
This sophomoric psychological thriller might not be the best movie Jim Carrey ever made, but it certainly is his worst.
News Blaze
1.3
Its sole scrap of originality is that its the first ever thriller about an animal control officer.
The Filmy Ap
1.9
Do yourself a favor and avoid spending the $23 it will cost to buy two tickets and some popcorn to see The Number 23.Director Joel Schumacher and writ ..
Waffle Movies
1.2
Awkward moments, terrible dialogue and a boring presentation plague this film.
ComingSoon
2.0
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2.0
Joel Schumacher never the most serious of fellows is clearly going for a mix of modern mystery and smoky detective noir, but succeeds only in concocti ..
The Shiz Nit
1.0
Twenty three is the number of times director Joel Schumacher should have been slapped for inflicting it on us.
Film Guardian
1.8
A sense of tongue in cheek flourishes beneath the surface of The Number 23, aided (perhaps inadvertently) by the presence of Jim Carrey in the lead.Th ..
Flip Side Archive
2.2
The film operates on a much broader scale than it has any business doing, thus the answers, when they are finally provided in the now obligatory talky ..
From The Balcony
2.5
Carrey precisely performs his change of characters, but after adding in the revelation at the end of the movie that makes little sense, The Number 23 ..
Review Express
2.5
The Number 23 Im all in favor of comedians going serious.I think it takes real darkness to find great laughs.
Can Mag
2.5
The Number 23 ultimately proves too gimmick driven to be truly suspenseful, despite imperfect but commendable dual performances by Carrey and Madsen.
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3.0
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Cine Rina
1.9
Many of Walters lines come off as funny, but you sense they werent intended that way.
Seattle Times
2.5
Maybe its the result of the 23s fallacy, a self fulfilling prophecy that allows the mind to believe anything it wants to and stretch the truth to comp ..
The Reel Deal
1.8
The 23 sequences are undeniably silly, but its a credit to Carreys persistence that they dont reach heights of parody.
English Oh My News
2.5
Fortunately, Phillips script and the way it weaves in and out of fantasy and reality keeps everything slightly more intricate than Schumachers color p ..
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0.8
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Time Out Ny
2.0
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