One Jim Carrey's finest moments.

Rating: 8/10 (6 August 2007)

An actor to me Ladies and Gents earns the title actor when he manages to convince the audience that he can come out of his shell and become something completely different and I am glad to say that Jim Carrey has finally joined that elite club. We are all used to seeing him in a comedy role where he would just make you laugh non-stop but then after a while his same routine, time warn bag of tricks really got boring thusly it was time for a change and he had done it very well in The Number 23. Jim Carrey plays an animal control officer who for his birthday is given a book called The Number 23 which is apparently a heart wrenching Odyssey into a world of paranoia, whilst reading this book Carrey begins to realise that his life has very striking similarities between his life and the book and then this leads him on a journey where the curse of 23 is revealed. I really don't want give a lot away because the film on its own is a journey into to darkness which might be a different experience for everyone to view. I was impressed with the way film mixed reality , fantasy and elements of the philosophical side together which makes people think away . The movie also moved at a quick pace with the curse being stretched out further and further along as we go. However having said that I have read some of the other reviews from people and critics who have dismissed this movie as boring, and not what they are used to seeing from Carrey and that might be true in some minor aspects as this movie is not for everyone as it requires a clear and focused mind kind of like watching a Hitcock thriller and for some it might require more than one viewing but I would say to people check it out for your-self and draw your own conclusion from it and you might find some similarities between your-self and Mr.Sparrow!
THE NUMBER 23 - 8.1 OUT 10
THE TRUTH SHALL FIND YOU !