Watching A Train Wreck

Rating: 4/10 (3 March 2008)

I had to see this movie because I wanted to see how Jim Carrey did in a serious film. He wasn't bad but this was a poor choice for a breakout film. The movie's storyline was laughable and not believable. The idea of twenty three made me snicker because they had to twist and manipulate nonstop to try to make the connections. If you ignore every number but 2 and 3, guess what, you get 23 and that's what this movie plays on. The perfect picture is painted with only parts of the details and it gets on your nerves after a while (like after the first five minutes of the 23 storyline). My husband and I were rolling our eyes through the entire film and had to watch it until the end, because it was like watching a train wreck, you know it's going to be a hideous ending that you'd rather avert your eyes from but you've got to watch anyways. I will take my hat off to Jim Carrey, I actually bought him as the lead character, I just hope that he chooses better movies in the future to display his serious acting capabilities.