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The Number 23 [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)


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Another predictable twist
Review date: 2007-03-17 Rating: 6 out of 10

The Number 23 starts off very promisingly - another in the long line of psychological thrillers like Memento and The Machinist, it's one of Jim Carrey's 'serious' films - what humour there is is coincidental and purely deadpan. The set up - Carrey accidentally finding a book about a writer's obsession with The Number 23 ruling and destroying their life - is strong; the performances from the cast are great and the film looks very stylish too. The cut aways to passages from the book, narrated by Carrey, look particularly great.

But as the twist in the story is set up, the film moves quickly from great, to average and finally leaves you feeling disappointed. There could have been a great shock ending to the film, even with the film's twist kept intact; but instead it ends up feeling saccharine and bland as the writer brings the rest of the family in on what becomes a quite implausible series of plot twists. A shame because for at least an hour this film had me thinking that it was something special.

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Actor(s):
Jim Carrey
Logan Lerman
Danny Huston
Virginia Madsen
Lynn Collins

Creators:
Jim Carrey (Primary Contributor)
Virginia Madsen (Primary Contributor)
Beau Flynn (Producer)
Brooklyn Weaver (Producer)
Eli Richbourg (Producer)
Fernley Phillips (Producer)
Fernley Phillips (Writer)
Keith Goldberg (Producer)
Linda Fields (Producer)

Director(s):

Recording label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
EAN: 0794043106880
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC,
Release date: 2007-07-24
Universal product code (UPC): 794043106880
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Region code: 1
Running time: 98 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2007-02-23
Language: English (Original Language)

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