Worst "film" ever.

Rating: 1/10 (23 February 2007)

I just saw the movie "23". Dumbest psychological thriller in existence. I love Jim Carrey and I see a lot of potential for him in serious roles, but you picked a total dung hole of a movie, Jim. The very last 5 minutes were the only thing I predicted wrong. I won't tell you just in case you desperately want to see it, but it still wasn't anything special even though I predicted it wrong.
If you think that the movie is gonna be some kind of rip-off of Fight Club mixed with a little Memento and Pi/Da Vinci Code, then you thought right. It's not even a good clone of those movies. It's a totally pathetic attempt. Even if they did name off all kinds of real-life events that involve the number 23 with some creative math.
Joel Schumacher made Falling Down and Flatliners. Everything else he's ever been involved with has been total crap. Like Goerge Lucas/George Romero, the good movies are the flukes. Had I known that Joel Schumacher directed this "film" on the way in, I would've never bought a ticket. I noticed his name in the opening credits and considered leaving right then. I predicted that the movie was gonna be just another psychological thriller with a pretty predictable plot, but it blew me away how unsurprised I was the entire movie. The only good thing about it was a couple hot women (Suicide Blonde) and Jim Carrey's decent performance in such cruddy circumstances. This is the first Jim Carrey movie (besides Batman Forever) that I didn't like. I hope it doesn't hurt his career and Joel Schumacher ends up getting blamed. He's worse than M. Night Shaymalan or however you spell/pronounce his name. M. Night had Unbreakable and Joel Schumacher had Falling Down. Fluke directors. I have no idea how they get funding. Why are they so well-known? Yeah, the first twenty minutes when it's Jim Carrey being the charming guy that he is was the only thing I walked away with when it was all over. I know you want serious roles, Jim, but you've gotta be more selective than that. This could damage your career if you don't publicly blame Joel Schumacher's incredible non-brilliance for this one. What a mistake. A waste of time and money for the creators and viewers of this movie.
And I am beside myself with the great reviews so many people have given this movie here. It's the junkiest movie EVER. Totally uninspired. Maybe the book was good and Joel Schumacher just wrecked it with his anti-talent. Who knows? The point is, don't believe the good reviews you hear about this movie. Unless you're a 7 year-old child and this is THE FIRST story you'll ever hear in your life, you will be totally unimpressed. The good reviews obviously came from friends/family of the people involved in the making of the movie. They knew it'd get a bad review, so they tried putting up good reviews to make Jim Carrey and Joel Schumacher feel better about this failure.
Even Hitchcock never had a failure like this. And at least he had 10 movies that were actually GOOD.