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The Number 23 (2007)

A film that will give you chills. A must watch for the ones who love mystery, psychological thrillers. It seems a bit off during the thirty to forty minutes but the climax redeems it all. Amazing acting , direction and cinematography.

The Number 23, is a story of a man obsessed with the number 23 and his chilling past connection to it.
The film is very complicated in it's entirety and while there are many logical explanations behind the working of the movie and the way the characters work, the decisions they take. The movie kind of throws it's own logic with little space to think. Some parts of the film do seem logical and nail biting, but it adds up to nothing towards the end. The highly sexual scene too didn't fit in the story line.
Jim Carry is highly misplaced as he protagonist in this film, and does not do justice to him or the story. I would've preferred someone else over him for such a strong role.
The movie could've been more interesting, but it failed to deliver. I would suggest this just for the ridiculous logic of it. But not otherwise.

The movie is about the guy, Walter Sparrow, an ordinary dog catcher. On his birthday, his wife gifts him a novel, titled ‘23’. As he starts to read, he slowly starts to relate himself, with the protagonist and his obsession with the number 23. Walter gets so obsessed with the novel that he could drag almost anything back to the number 23. He also starts to feel that the novel is roughly based on his own life. This is the most underrated movie that I have seen next to the movie ‘Soundtrack’. Also watch this movie for Jim Carrey’s stunning acting talent.