Muddled

Rating: 5/10 (18 July 2011)

Jim Carrey's 'straight-faced' mode, in a thriller that is dynamic enough to hold viewer interest, however its all a bit, well, silly. This number 23 is never really explained as anything other than a curse, and why exactly is it a curse? Well simply because thats how our protagonist decides to view it. One might argue that this is a tale of paranoia, thus that is ample explanation. Its all just a little hollow. The performances are good without being spectacular, enough to do justice to the characters portrayed. It flows along well enough, however amidst various plot twists it all just seems to fall in to place a bit to easily. Overall its a muddled film, where it actually could have been quite compelling.