23 + Reasons to See This.

Rating: 8/10 (11 May 2015)

Number 23 (2007): Dir: Joel Schumacher / Cast: Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman, Rhona Mitra, Danny Huston: Psychological thriller about the search for traumatic beginnings. Jim Carrey and Virginia Madsen play a married couple as well as characters inhabiting a book called Number 23 for which she gives him on his birthday. Now everything he encounters seems to relate somehow to the number 23 to the point where he feels controlled. Directed by Joel Schumacher who previously directed Carrey in Batman Forever where he played the Riddler. Here he must also solve a riddle of sorts. This is a very different role for Carrey whose birthday gift turns into an obsession to solve a murder to the point where he feels that he is becoming a danger to his own family. Madsen does well as his wife whom attempts to help him solve his dilemma only to have secrets surface. She will put herself in harm's way for the sake of her husband and his declining mental state. Logan Lerman plays their son whom also assists in solving the case and becomes an inspiration for life. Rhona Mitra plays a college student who was murdered after having sexual relations with her professor. Danny Huston is also cast as Isaac French and Dr. Miles Phoenix but the role is standard. It is her dismiss that needs solving. It creates an intriguing portrait of the Biblical scripture that sights sin finding you out. Score: 8 ½ / 10