I can find yet another loose connection to 23.

Rating: 6/10 (29 July 2007)

OK, "The Number 23" features Jim Carrey in another dark role. This time, he plays dog catcher Walter Sparrow, feeling sort of uncomfortable with his job. His wife Agatha (Virginia Madsen) gives him a book with the same title as the movie. It not only tells a story which seems eerily similar to Walter's life, but also identifies various things relating to 23. As Walter reads further, he begins to sink into madness, worrying that the number might be more than a number.
The movie has an interesting plot - I must admit, I never knew that all those things related to 23 - although it seems silly at times (now that I think about it, the ending was a little predictable). I mean, anyone can find numeric patterns if s/he searches hard enough, and it could just as easily be a complete delusion. But more than anything, I like the sinister setting and Carrey's nearly deadpan expression throughout the movie. It does make you wonder whether or not 23 might hold the answer to anything in your own life. Worth seeing, if only once.
Oh, and the other loose connection to 23? The movie was filmed in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Cocoa Beach was the setting for "I Dream of Jeannie". "IDOJ" star Barbara Eden's birthday is August 23.