Thanks to strong directing and casting, more than average

Rating: 7/10 (14 January 2013)

Names like Joel Schumacher and Jim Carrey are usually signs of quality, and this movie is no exception either. Carrey's cogency (it is mostly solo movie around his character) is pleasantly complemented by Virginia Madsen and Logan Lerman who give also pleasant and convincing performances. However, the plot leaves a lot to be desired: the idea is nice, but more than a half is too slow and focused on meaning of numbers, without any events that would be helpful to comprehend what is going on. The last half an hour is more thrilling, but ending scenes are trivial, amount of twists and turns is limited. Well, I have lived for decades in the house No 23, but the movie did not give me any creeps :)
Additional points from me due to no aliens-ghosts etc involved, and for the fact that I did not figure out neither the truthfulness of the events nor the killer.