Starring: Jim Carrey
97 min.
Rated: R for violence, disturbing images, sexuality & language
A number is just a number. Or is it?
Spiraling into a dark obsession with the number 23, Walter Sparrow
twists his once idyllic life into an inferno of psychological torture
that could possibly lead to his death as well as the deaths of his
loved ones. Spurred on by a mysterious novel, The Number 23, that he
doesn't dare put down, Walter is forced to unlock the secrets of his
past before he can continue his future with his wife, Agatha, and
teenage son, Robin.
The novel, given to Walter by Agatha as a birthday
gift, depicts a chilling murder mystery that seems to mirror Walter's
life in dark and uncontrollable ways. The life of the book's main
character, a brooding detective named Fingerling, is filled with
moments that echo Walter's own history. As the world of the book
starts to come alive, Walter becomes infected by the most frightening
and evocative part of it: Fingerling's obsession with the hidden power
of the number 23. This obsession permeates the book and begins to
control Walter.
He sees the number everywhere in his own life and
becomes convinced that he is damned to commit the same horrific crime
as Fingerling--murder. Nightmarish fantasies come to haunt Walter,
ones that portend terrible fates for his wife as well as family friend
Isaac French, placing him on a desperate quest to understand the
mysteries of the book. If he can unlock the power behind the number
23, he may be able to change his future.
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