The Number 23 (2007)

Awards
- 5 nominations

Videos13

Watch The Number 23 Scene: Paranoia

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Watch The Number 23 Scene: Did You Read This?

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Watch The Number 23 Scene: Wild Conclusions

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Watch The Number 23 Scene: Fingerling

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Watch The Number 23 Scene: Kitchen Knife

Featurette 0:38

Watch The Number 23

Featurette 3:37

Watch The Number 23: Featurette

Interview 0:38

Watch The Number 23

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Director
- Joel Schumacher
Writer
- Fernley Phillips
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Trivia
Jim Carrey claims to have been obsessed with The Number 23 long before being a part of the movie. His production company is called JC 23 Entertainment. It was coincidence that his father was an accountant and he played the saxophone, like his character in the movie.

Goofs
(at around 1h 10 mins) After Walter and his son have found the buried skeleton only to return with the police to find it gone, they are met by his wife, whose hands are clean. However as they drive home Walter notices her hands are very dirty.

Quotes
Walter Sparrow: There's no such thing as destiny. There are only different choices. Some choices are easy, some aren't. Those are the really important ones, the ones that define us as people.

Alternate versions
Unrated version runs 3-4 minutes longer.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Music & Lyrics/Bridge to Terabithia/Breach/Black Snake Moan/The Lives of Others (2007)

Soundtracks
Blue Christmas
Written by Billy Hayes (as Bill Hayes) and Jay Johnson (as Jay W. Johnson)
Performed by Dean Martin
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

The trouble with many actors that do only a particular type of film, is that once they go outside of their box, it's just too weird. This is true to Jim Carrey. We've become so accustomed to his comedy flicks that this throws us off guard. I kept waiting for him to crack jokes, but they never came. This is a true drama/thriller that keeps you guessing until the end.

Carrey plays a man who starts reading a book that more and more sound like it was written just for him. Then strange occurrences of the number 23 keep popping up and the story gets weirder and weirder. But trust me, stick with it--the twist is a jaw dropper.

I have to say it was a bit odd to see Carrey in the sex scenes-- I kept waiting for him to jump up and say "ssssssmokin!!!" I thought overall it was a great movie.