Clever and entertaining.

Rating: 8/10 (2 August 2009)

I only have one problem with The Number 23. How could someone obsess sooooo much over a number that it would cause them to commit suicide? Jim Carrey's character doesn't, but he goes pretty crazy. Carrey plays Walter Sparrow, a weird guy who is a dog catcher. One day while trying to catch a dog, his wife Agitha(The always welcoming Virginia Madsen)picks up a strange book called The Number 23. Walter ends up reading it and realizes something. It seems like the book is based off of his life. In the book, the main character Fingerling starts to obsess over the number 23. Because it's everywhere. Walter soon starts to see that the number 23 is everywhere he goes also. License plates, pictures of books, it's in the words he speaks(I was copying off of the suicide blonde, a character in the book). The Number 23 is from director Joel Schumacher, who usually does great films. Besides Batman & Robin. Jim Carrey didn't deserve as Razzie nomination. I actually thought he was pretty good. The Number 23 was a clever film. It is a film for everyone. Even for people who are horny( Because there are tons of sex scenes. The Number 23 has only one ridiculous thing. I do give it a recommendation.