The Number 23

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Thom N The difference between the audience and the critic score tells you what you need to know here; this film was quite negatively reviewed by a bunch of Variety.com, New Balance-wearing, IPA-drinking, Josh Groban superfans who think they're a professional critic because they accidentally saw Oppenheimer instead of the Barbie movie. Putting the opinions of alleged critics aside (as we always should), I'll start by mentioning that this is my first time seeing this in many years, and my first time seeing it as an adult. The script gets really uncanny and alien in some places, and the rest of the film never fully catches up with the arthouse-adjacent cinematography, but that doesn't keep this from being a compelling tale of spiraling monomania; an uncredited support from TV veteran Bud Cort somehow didn't make its way into my memory, and I thought to myself, "Doesn't that look like Bud Cort??" - it had been enough years since my last viewing that many aspects of the film likewise had escaped by recollection; while its' central obsession gets a little crunchy and over-done by the second half, the copious THC levels kept me on the edge of my seat. My sober friend Austin gave it high praise as well, and if you've ever wished to see the blonde thug from the beginning of 1996's "The Big Lebowski" (a few years before his larger role in 'Capote') carry a serious b-plot in a $30 million psychological thriller from New Line, you're in luck! Extra points for a 20-second cameo by Paul Butcher, aka the little brother from Nickelodeon's 'Zoey 101'. I'd give this one a 17 out of 23, even if my watching did have a lot of irony behind it. Currently available on Plex, as well as for pay on streaming services, and free if you steal it! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/28/25 Full Review Thomas D Great Movie, all 189 previous reviews have horrible taste in movies Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/28/25 Full Review Steven N This was an overall solid movie. The paid critics who give mediocre remakes of Disney movies a 99% while giving this a 7% is laughable to be honest.. it's like they just watched the first 20 min and disregarded the whole story and the ending, which made the movie overall worth watching for sure. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/25/25 Full Review Mateo O A TOUGH STORY TO GET THROUGH. It shows a man broken by paranoia... it's not about the reality of the conspiracy, you're witnessing the conspiracy through the eyes of someone who believes it. It's pretty clever. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/26/25 Full Review Leaburn O I’ve always felt like there are patterns affecting my fate. The Number 23 helped dispel those notions in the most boring way possible. Not enough pay off to bother watching this road to nowhere. Watched in DVD. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/03/25 Full Review Stefei B The critics have clearly never had a family member or other loved one with severe paranoia; this movie is so well done. Jim Carrey was brilliant. It is my favorite of all of his movies; he portrays the fragile mentality behind people driven by paranoia in the most poignant and heart-breakingly realistic way. Glad for the reviewers that they never had to deal with this personally; those of us who HAVE, however, can see the clarity and the obsession, within the story and the performances. If you have someone with paranoia in your life, this movie will help you understand them better. And I say this as someone who has struggled against learned paranoia, from my mother. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/27/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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