Interesting enough to keep your interest

Rating: 7/10 (4 June 2017)

The Number 23 is a Joel Schumacher film starring Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen and Logan Lerman. It's a psychological thriller about a man (Jim Carrey) who becomes completely obsessed with a book his wife bought for him entitled "the number 23". He starts to add up numbers of all the things in his life and they're all adding up to the number 23 and what is occurring in the book is eerily similar to his own life. This movie was widely panned by critics, audiences were kind of split down the middle by it. I am one of the people who likes it, but doesn't love it. It's not the greatest thriller but it certainly isn't terrible like many many critics stated it was. This is a film that has very good performances by talented actors. Carrey and Madsen are both very good in the movie and don't think either of them got enough credit or any credit at all for their fine intense performances. The script isn't weak per say, it's just not very strong. But to be honest, I wasn't really looking for amazing dialogue, I was looking for an interesting psychological thriller and that's for the most part what I got. The plot has some twists and turns at different points along the way, which is always good, I love a thriller with some twists. This twist was good, not the biggest most shocking reveal ever, but satisfying enough. 7/10 overall for The Number 23.