Walter Sparrow is an animal control officer that becomes obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to be based on his own life. As soon as he opens the book, he notices strange parallels between what he reads and what he's experienced. But now he's worried that a fictional murder might materialize.
The Number 23 is an accidental comedy starring a deadly serious Jim Carrey.
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
23 Feb 2007
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,
24 Feb 2007
rotten:
It just adds up to sheer ineptitude.
– Melissa Anderson,
Time Out New York,
3 Mar 2007
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,
13 Mar 2007
rotten:
For all its gimmicky numerology, The Number 23 just doesn't add up.