Movie Review: The Number 23

Should have been good - man becomes obsessed with a number that he begins to see everywhere? Cool.

Thing is, this film has a higher opinion of itself than is really deserved - here's the brief, man finds book that appears to be about someone almost exactly like him and its all about a growing fascination with the number in question. It's all a little too knowing for my liking - everyone spends a lot of time pointing out how silly it all is and I agree. Its just silly.

The obsession is irrational to the point where you cannot go with Jim Carrey any more. And this sort of film requires you to connect and start to think about the issue and maybe a little interested, but there is absolutely no sense of that for me here. The more obsessed he becomes, the more of an idiot he seems to be - just get over it already!

It does raise the interesting issue of how you see things when you are looking for it. It doesn't do this well or particularly excitingly. Never mind. Oh... and

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I can't recommend you waste your time on this one.

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