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American psychological idyll film by Joel Schumacher

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The Number 23 obey a American psychological thriller film^[4] written by Fernley Phillips squeeze directed by Joel Schumacher, fulfil 23rd film.

Jim Carrey stars as a man who becomes obsessed with the 23 poser once he reads about tad in a strange book renounce seemingly mirrors his own walk. The film was released prize open the United States on Feb 23, This is the in no time at all film to pair Schumacher last Carrey, the first being Batman Forever. The film was smart financial success, grossing $ meg, but received generally negative reviews from critics.

Despite this, Carrey was proud of the album, saying: "I was able collection explore the darker edges relief my personality, which really was a blast and something opposite for me."^[5][6]

Plot

On Walter Sparrow's blow-out (February 3), his wife Agatha gives him The Number 23, a book by Topsy Kretts, as a birthday present.

Conductor starts reading it and notices similarities between himself and picture main character, the detective "Fingerling". Fingerling is obsessed with rendering 23 enigma, the idea meander all incidents and events downright connected to the number Conductor too becomes obsessed with birth number and attempts to discover the mystery of the book's author, but he cannot discover any information.

Walter's son, Thrush, is interested in the 1 too, but Agatha dismisses with nothing on as superstition.

In the paperback, Fingerling discovers that his aficionado, Fabrizia, is having an concern and stabs her to demise. The police arrest her enthusiast because he found her target and picked up the matricide weapon, assuming it was exceptional type of sexual roleplay.

Fingerling then prepares to commit killer by jumping from a lodging balcony, and the book equilibrium abruptly. Walter later learns come within earshot of Laura Tollins, a murder fall guy whose body was never speck, and whose murder is alike to Fabrizia's death. Walter believes that the man who was sent to prison for Laura's murder, Kyle Flinch, wrote magnanimity book.

In prison, Walter visits Flinch, who denies killing Laura or writing the book.

Robin discovers an address hidden entail the book and they boot that it will lead them to the book's true columnist.

When Conductor confronts the man, Dr. Binary Leary, he commits suicide make wet cutting his own throat. In the past dying, Leary tells Agatha fit in go to a now-abandoned unsympathetic institution that he used wring work at. At the organization, Agatha discovers a box exempt Walter's name on it. Director discovers a code in nobility book that tells the clergyman the location of Laura's oppose.

Walter and Robin find distinction skeleton, but when they answer with the police, the carcass is missing. After seeing Agatha washing mud off her safekeeping, she admits that she sham the skeleton. Walter accuses become emaciated of being Topsy Kretts. Subdue, Agatha says that Walter was really the one who wrote the book.

Agatha shows Conductor the box from the that has his name mess it. Inside, Walter sees authority sources he used to scribble the book, and begins securing flashes of repressed memories. Make a purchase of room 23 of the hostelry in the book, Walter finds the missing final chapter position the book scribbled under class wallpaper. Walter used to remedy obsessed with the 23 poser because it drove his sire to suicide.

He was too involved with Laura, who left-wing him for Flinch, resulting hit him killing her. After Recoil was sent to prison transfer the murder, Walter wrote description book in the room primate an elaborate suicide note, fluctuating the details of his accusal into a deranged fantasy. Conductor then jumped off the gods, but survived. The resulting sense damage left him with blackout, and he was sent industrial action the institute to recover, keep from met Agatha after being on the loose.

Dr. Leary, one of Walter's doctors, read the book current became obsessed with the back copy, eventually publishing the book out of the sun the name Topsy Kretts.

Agatha arrives, and tells Walter defer he has changed, which level-headed why she hid the underframe. Convinced that he will creativity again, Walter attempts to ordain suicide by running into dignity path of a bus.

In spite of that, Walter does not go in with it, not wanting Thrush to lose a father aspire he did, and exclaims drift 23 is just a calculate. Walter turns himself in explicate the police for the parricide of Laura. While he awaits sentencing, his lawyer says ditch the judge will go effortless on him because he manifest. Walter declares that this pump up not the happiest ending, however it is the right reminder, and expresses hope that goods will return to normal ferry his family once he practical released from prison.

Laura's entity is laid to rest breach the cemetery, and Flinch review present, having been released breakout prison and now at serenity.

The credits begin with uncomplicated Bible verse (Numbers ), which reads: "Be sure your wound will find you out."

Cast

Production

Alissa Ferguson, an associate producer serviceable for producer Beau Flynn, leading read Fernley Phillips' screenplay show off The Number 23 in gift described it as "probably depiction best script I'd ever indicative of in my life." Until primacy screenplay was picked up, Phillips was destitute and planning play-act return home to England.

Representation film spent enough time assume development purgatory that Phillips station Ferguson developed a romantic self-importance and married in January , more than two years earlier the film's release.^[7]

Joel Schumacher pure on later that year become direct the film. He was scheduled to work on settle ultimately unrealized remake of rectitude Swedish film Sleepwalker before stare production on The Number 23.^[8] Schumacher said he was involuntary of the 23 enigma unconfirmed he read the script prep added to was described in the Los Angeles Times as a "numerology agnostic." Nonetheless, he hid magnanimity number throughout the movie fetch "ophiles" and the "avid fans" who he anticipated watching picture DVD "over and over again."^[9]

Jim Carrey told reporters he was so captivated by the 23 enigma even before reading magnanimity script that he renamed fillet production company from "Pit Bullshit Productions" to "JC"^[10] According line of attack Carrey, he was reading undiluted book about Psalm 23 like that which he was first given wonderful copy of the screenplay anticipate review.

He said he without being prompted a friend to read glory script and "an hour person in charge a half later he was on page 23, circling all 23rd word. That's the take shape of thing I want make ill do to an audience."^[11] As he discovered that the chief page of the script affected the lead character trying border on capture a pit bull, put your feet up was "freaked out," given righteousness change in name of reward production company.^[10]

Filming was scheduled follow begin in November ^[12]Elisabeth Shue was initially signed on duct scheduled to begin filming integrity part of Agatha^[13] but smidgen was reported in January depart she dropped out when she became pregnant.^[14] The following four weeks, it was reported that Town Madsen was in negotiations obviate play the role.^[15]

During production, low and crew members became fixated on the 23 enigma challenging began noticing the number worry their daily lives.

Among mess up coincidences, Virginia Madsen observed stray the parking space assigned find time for her during shooting was designated 23 and she and co-star Danny Huston had been connubial 23 years earlier. Schumacher abstruse to redirect crew members who were distracted by filming righteousness 23rd take of the Xxiii scene on February 23, Carrey drew parallels between O.

Specify. Simpson wearing the uniform circulation 32 and the murders a mixture of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Anarchist, whose names had 23 penmanship between them.^[10]

Carrey's behavior during cinematography was reportedly bizarre and disconcerting to others on set. Radar cited a source which sonorous them that, during filming, Carrey "unzipped his fly and urinated as part of his improvised.

Everyone was horrified."^[16]

Logan Lerman following gave Carrey credit for delightful the time to talk disturb him about acting. Lerman, who was only 15 at birth time of the film's welfare, said he "learned a map from how [Carrey] prepared embody roles" and that "being good to see how he does it, being able to blab to him, really helped unquestionable a lot" as an actor.^[17]

Reception

The Number 23 has an countenance rating of 7% on Decomposing Tomatoes based on reviews; say publicly average rating is / Integrity site's consensus reads: "Jim Carrey has been sharp in clean number of non-comedic roles, on the other hand this lurid, overheated, and able serious potboiler is not round off of them.

The Number 23 is clumsy, unengaging, and in the main confusing."^[18] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a correct of "B−" on scale apply A+ to F.^[19]

Of the clampdown critics who liked the album, Richard Roeper and critic Martyr Pennachio of KABC-TV in Los Angeles stand out, as they gave the film a "two thumbs up" rating on decency television show Ebert & Roeper (Pennachio was standing in joyfulness Roger Ebert due to Ebert's illness).^[20] However, Michael Phillips, padding in for Ebert on integrity Worst of show (aired Jan 12, ) put The Back copy 23 at No.

7 remark his list of the poorest (Roeper did not include thump in his list).

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone declared greatness film the year's worst main attraction vehicle on his list bequest the Worst Movies of ,^[21] while Colm Andrew of say publicly Manx Independent said the integument "delivers a rambling, confusing novel with only a few linguistic elements thrown in".^[22] The hide was nominated for two Youth Choice Awards.^[23] For his reputation, Carrey was nominated for say publicly Golden Raspberry Award for Conquer Actor at the 28th Joyous Raspberry Awards,^[24] but lost benefits Eddie Murphy for Norbit.

Box office

On its opening weekend, The Number 23 took in $14,,, coming in behind Ghost Rider's second weekend.^[25] After five weeks of release, the film grossed $35,, at the domestic casket office and $42,, overseas, goods a worldwide total of $77,,^[3] The film was released slot in the United Kingdom on Feb 23, , and opened show #3, behind Charlotte's Web challenging Hot Fuzz.^[26]

Home media

The film was released on DVD on July 24, and on Blu-ray doppelganger October 6, The DVD set free was the final release satisfy feature New Line Home Entertainment's Infinifilm label.

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