The Number 23

[2007, Movie]

The Number 23: Review

Rooted in nutty numerology and Jim Carrey's desire to prove he's capable of more than pulling rubbery faces and contorting his lanky frame into comical configurations, Joel Schumacher's trippy psychological thriller, from Fernley Phillips' original screenplay, squanders a promising premise and a lot of cool special effects on a story that gets more ridiculous and less involving with each passing minute. Middle-aged dogcatcher Walter Paul Sparrow (Carrey) is an ordinary gu... read more

The Number 23: Cast & Details

Year: 2007
Rated R

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Cast
Jim Carrey: Walter Sparrow/Detective Fingerling
Virginia Madsen: Agatha Sparrow/Fabrizia
Logan Lerman: Robin Sparrow
Danny Huston: Dr. Isaac French/Dr. Miles Phoenix
Lynn Collins: Suicide Blonde/Mrs. Dobkins/Fingerling's Mother
Rhona Mitra: Laura Tollins

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The Number 23: TV Guide News

DVD Tuesday: Magic Numbers — Pi over 23 | Ask FlickChick | 3/5/2007
See Maitland McDonagh and Ken Fox review this week's new flicks in Movie Talk!Send your movie questions to FlickChick.Mathematicians live in a black and white world of absolutes and infinitely reproducible results, while mystics deal in ambiguity and magical thinking, and never the twain shall meet. Except, of course, when math becomes so theoretical that the two melt into one mind-blowing mass of golden proportions and lucky numbers. Nearly 10 years before Jim Carrey got tangled up in The Number 23, this week's DVD Tuesday pick pitched camp on the numerical border between razor's-edge rationality and complete lunacy. Darren Aronofsky's super-low budget Pi (1998) was a knockout debut, and if he hasn't yet delivered on its promise (Requiem for a Dream (2000) is a highfalutin' "Just Say No" PSA with style to burn and The Fountain (2006) is a flat-out mess), the film itself looks better than ever. Mathematician Max Cohen (Sean Gullette) specializes in number patterns, the bigger the... read more
Take This Job and Bleep It | Dean's War at Home Blog | 2/28/2007
Hello, again! This is Dean Collins from The War at Home, writing my second blog for TVGuide.com. This week's episode of The War at Home is entitled, "Take This Job and Bleep It." Instead of airing this Thursday night, we're moving back to our usual Sunday night schedule at a new time, 7:30 pm/ET. Sorry about the confusion, but I assure you this is our last move. Be sure to catch this week's episode at 7:30 pm, Sunday night on Fox. This week's episode is about Dave losing his job. My character doesn't clean his room because he's lazy. When Anita Barone (Vicky) yells at Mike to clean his room, he just brushes her off. Recently, I went to the premiere of The Number 23 after work. My best friend Logan Lerman is in it, so he took me to the premiere with him. It was an awesome movie. I did not get to meet Jim Carrey, but he sat right behind me, and it was quite an experience, considering he's my favorite actor. I love his dramatic films and this was really cool because it's the first... read more
Aw, Heck, Just Some Random Thoughts.... | TV Matt'rs | 2/13/2007
As previously shared in my Today's News blog, but now aggregated here for your pondering pleasure:February 9, 2007• OK, Jim Carrey's upcoming feature, The Number 23, has a rather unsettling PR campaign: I'm getting daily e-mails about (what I presume are) current real-life crimes/tragedies that somehow involve the number 23.• Is gossip columnist Cindy Adams almost impossible to read sometimes, or what? Fabricated example: "Mel Gibson. Braveheart. You know the drill. Yada-yada-yada. Lindsay. But that's old news if you-know-who is to be believed." Um, wha?! • I'm thinking/fearing we're gonna be stuck with this Sienna Miller for a bit, yes?• How awesome is that new "Cancel or Allow" TV spot in Apple's "PC Guy" campaign?!February 2, 2007• This whole Tyra Banks/"I'm not fat!" thing has to be one of the biggest non-stories to get such massive media play. Personally (and "until now," one of you will snark), I have steered clear of breathing a word about it,... read more

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