Too much conspiracy theory, too few plot

Rating: 4/10 (17 February 2008)

I have never really understood the conspiracy theory behind the number 23. I'm pretty sure that if you choose another number and do the same ridiculously complicated calculations people do with number 23 you'll get a similar pattern.
But what matters here is not so much the plausibility of the conspiracy theory but the quality of the movie, which, in my opinion, is not so great. The acting is very good, with Jim Carrey showing once again that he's not only a funny face that makes us laugh. He actually can act. And Virginia Madsen is competent as usual.
The problem with the movie is that, in trying so hard to make us believe in the plot, it fails to entertain. I got lost in some parts trying to understand the connection with 23. For instance, why exactly is pink 23? Also, some things were left unexplained that should have been better explored for the sake of the story. It seems that, at the end of the movie, Joel Schumacher was running out of time and had to finish the movie on a rush leaving several loose ideas in the air.