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Jim Carrey’s Unlucky Number
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
His new bid for seriousness doesn’t add up. Among the problems: Joel Schumacher.... Shot by computer-enhanced shot, The Number 23 is impressive, but those shots don’t come from anywhere or build on one another.

Carrey makes a convincing transformation
Neil Smith
BBC
Things don't really add up in The Number 23, but you can count on some queasy chills and trashy thrills all the same. Combining the playful/unhinged sides of his screen persona, Jim Carrey headlines as a small-town dog catcher rattled to find parallels between his life and the novel he's reading. Will locating its author solve the puzzle? Not really, but Joel Schumacher's film proves enthralling enough to forgive a final twist so dumb you half expect Ace Ventura to appear.

Get back to making us laugh
Fernley Phillips
Cinema Blend
Is a lot of post-movie number scavenging worth the price of admission? Maybe without Carrey it could have been. He’s too wrong for the role. The part requires a kind of subtlety he just doesn’t have. Jim barely gets by as a dramatic actor, as a crazy on the loose in a thriller he’s more looney tunes than lunatic. You’re not Robin Williams Jim. Get back to making us laugh. Do it while you still can.

The Number 23, C-
Emanuel Levy
emanuellevy.com
Drained in an excessive sensory style, Joel Schumacher's "The Number 23" is a classic case of a senseless, incoherent psychological thriller, burdened with a neat ending that must have been imposed by one of the crucial players for commercial considerations--the clean closure really belongs to another, family-driven picture.