Pathetic story, pathetic acting!

Rating: 2/10 (13 January 2010)

What was more pathetic? Jim Carrey's acting or the plot? Concerning the story, do you remember "Se7en" from David Fincher or better "A History of Violence" from David Cronenberg or "Angel Heart" from Alan Parker? If you saw and liked those fantastic movies then "The Number 23" is exactly what they are not, boring, non-thrilling, ridiculous. This would not change even if you would have cast Mickey Rourke for the leading role, though the presence of Jim Carrey gesticulating like in "The Mask" and ripping his guts out to convince the spectator of his dramatic qualities manages to push the idiocy of this mess even further.
Right at the end they even burn like 15 minutes to explain in detail the whole movie as if they would say "here you dumb ass... just in case you missed something important...". That's the point where you understand that this was probably a comedy after all intended for children under twelve.
Great acting by Virginia Madsen though, beautiful and sexy as always.
Stay away. Just stay away!