Have you ever had a book you couldn't put down?

Rating: 6/10 (9 August 2007)

Joel Schumacher directs; that's a big plus. Jim Carrey plays such a different character for him; that's another big plus. Walter Sparrow(Carrey)is an exertion challenged dog catcher that falls deeply into a mysterious novel, The Number 21. The writer is an unknown, but Walter feels a connection with what he is reading; its like reading his life thus far. His uneventful life soon turns into a psychological whirlwind that is sustained by torment and mental torture. He is obsessed by the numerous similarities with the book's character and himself; he finds himself forced to plunge into secrets of his past and face the fears of his future. Dark and twisted. The story line may have you spinning and wondering how true the truth is. Some very good support from Virginia Madsen and Lynn Collins. Others in the cast: Danny Huston, Rhona Mitra and Mark Pellegrino.