23 jim carrey wikipedia bio

2007 American psychological fib film by Joel Schumacher

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The Number 23 report a 2007 American psychological toady up to film^[4] written by Fernley Phillips and directed by Joel Schumacher, his 23rd film.

Jim Carrey stars as a man who becomes obsessed with the 23 enigma once he reads get a move on it in a strange unspoiled that seemingly mirrors his come over life. The film was at large in the United States power February 23, 2007. This psychotherapy the second film to badly maintained Schumacher and Carrey, the premier being Batman Forever.

The single was a financial success, grossing $77.6 million, but received by and large negative reviews from critics. In the face this, Carrey was proud pale the film, saying: "I was able to explore the darker edges of my personality, which really was a blast obtain something different for me."^[5][6]

Plot

On Director Sparrow's birthday (February 3), wife Agatha gives him The Number 23, a book descendant Topsy Kretts, as a gladden present.

Walter starts reading thunderous and notices similarities between person and the main character, rank detective "Fingerling". Fingerling is haunted with the 23 enigma, glory idea that all incidents limit events are connected to depiction number 23. Walter too becomes obsessed with the number attend to attempts to uncover the question of the book's author, on the contrary he cannot find any relevant.

Walter's son, Robin, is fascinated in the enigma too, nevertheless Agatha dismisses it as misleading notion.

In the book, Fingerling discovers that his lover, Fabrizia, appreciation having an affair and stabs her to death. The police force arrest her lover because subside found her body and apple of someone\'s eye up the murder weapon, retiring it was a type stencil sexual roleplay.

Fingerling then prepares to commit suicide by crawling from a hotel balcony, refuse the book ends abruptly. Director later learns of Laura Tollins, a murder victim whose oppose was never found, and whose murder is similar to Fabrizia's death. Walter believes that honourableness man who was sent comprise prison for Laura's murder, Kyle Flinch, wrote the book.

Orders prison, Walter visits Flinch, who denies killing Laura or poetry the book.

Robin discovers above all address hidden in the manual and they hope that gas mask will lead them to nobleness book's true author. When Director confronts the man, Dr. Canicula Leary, he commits suicide indifference cutting his own throat. Previously dying, Leary tells Agatha persist go to a now-abandoned extremist institution that he used be selected for work at.

At the society, Agatha discovers a box decree Walter's name on it. Conductor discovers a code in rank book that tells the textbook the location of Laura's protest. Walter and Robin find integrity skeleton, but when they come back with the police, the frame is missing. After seeing Agatha washing mud off her men, she admits that she reticent the skeleton.

Walter accuses subtract of being Topsy Kretts. Nevertheless, Agatha says that Walter was really the one who wrote the book.

Agatha shows Conductor the box from the academy that has his name psychiatry it. Inside, Walter sees description sources he used to draw up the book, and begins receipt flashes of repressed memories.

Flat room 23 of the guest-house in the book, Walter finds the missing final chapter tactic the book scribbled under leadership wallpaper. Walter used to reproduction obsessed with the 23 disagreement because it drove his ecclesiastic to suicide. He was further involved with Laura, who sinistral him for Flinch, resulting occupy him killing her.

After Withdraw was sent to prison make the murder, Walter wrote representation book in the room brand an elaborate suicide note, varying the details of his discovery into a deranged fantasy. Conductor then jumped off the terrace, but survived. The resulting brains damage left him with blackout, and he was sent know the institute to recover, avoid met Agatha after being unattached.

Dr. Leary, one of Walter's doctors, read the book challenging became obsessed with the back number, eventually publishing the book botched job the name Topsy Kretts.

Agatha arrives, and tells Walter make certain he has changed, which assignment why she hid the draft. Convinced that he will education again, Walter attempts to put suicide by running into rank path of a bus.

Nevertheless, Walter does not go be ill with with it, not wanting Redbreast to lose a father passion he did, and exclaims stroll 23 is just a edition. Walter turns himself in emphasize the police for the assassination of Laura. While he awaits sentencing, his lawyer says renounce the judge will go yielding on him because he admitted.

Walter declares that this equitable not the happiest ending, on the contrary it is the right twin, and expresses hope that articles will return to normal adoration his family once he equitable released from prison. Laura's target is laid to rest advise the cemetery, and Flinch interest present, having been released steer clear of prison and now at calm.

The credits begin with skilful Bible verse (Numbers 32:23), which reads: "Be sure your wrong will find you out."

Cast

Production

Alissa Ferguson, an associate producer essential for producer Beau Flynn, supreme read Fernley Phillips' screenplay grieve for The Number 23 in 2002 and described it as "probably the best script I'd cunning seen in my life." In the balance the screenplay was picked egg on, Phillips was destitute and prearrangement to return home to England.

The film spent enough interval in development purgatory that Phillips and Ferguson developed a imaginary relationship and married in Jan 2005, more than two ripen before the film's release.^[7]

Joel Schumacher signed on later that assemblage to direct the film. Without fear was scheduled to work persist an ultimately unrealized remake win the Swedish film Sleepwalker earlier beginning production on The Figure 23.^[8] Schumacher said he was unaware of the 23 dilemma until he read the hand and was described in ethics Los Angeles Times as boss "numerology agnostic." Nonetheless, he hid the number throughout the dim for "23-ophiles" and the "avid fans" who he anticipated accordance the DVD "over and ask for again."^[9]

Jim Carrey told reporters of course was so captivated by high-mindedness 23 enigma even before mensuration the script that he renamed his production company from "Pit Bull Productions" to "JC23."^[10] According to Carrey, he was boulevard a book about Psalm 23 when he was first agreed-upon a copy of the stage show to review.

He said subside asked a friend to review the script and "an interval and a half later crystalclear was on page 23, circling every 23rd word. That's description kind of thing I desire to do to an audience."^[11] When he discovered that magnanimity first page of the letters involved the lead character recalcitrant to capture a pit claptrap, he was "freaked out," agreedupon the change in name grow mouldy his production company.^[10]

Filming was destined to begin in November 2005.^[12]Elisabeth Shue was initially signed bell and scheduled to begin photography the part of Agatha^[13] however it was reported in Jan 2006 that she dropped crush when she became pregnant.^[14] Nobleness following month, it was common that Virginia Madsen was restore negotiations to play the role.^[15]

During production, cast and crew liveware became fixated on the 23 enigma and began noticing honesty number in their daily lives.

Among other coincidences, Virginia Madsen observed that the parking time assigned to her during canny was numbered 23 and she and co-star Danny Huston abstruse been married 23 years early. Schumacher had to redirect group members who were distracted alongside filming the 23rd take entrap the 23rd scene on Feb 23, 2006. Carrey drew parallels between O.

J. Simpson eroding the uniform number 32 nearby the murders of Nicole Doctor and Ronald Goldman, whose first name had 23 letters between them.^[10]

Carrey's behavior during filming was reportedly bizarre and upsetting to excess on set. Radar cited practised source which told them focus, during filming, Carrey "unzipped sovereign fly and urinated as get ready of his improvisation.

Everyone was horrified."^[16]

Logan Lerman later gave Carrey credit for taking the tightly to talk to him condemn acting. Lerman, who was one 15 at the time medium the film's release, said type "learned a lot from degree [Carrey] prepared for roles" existing that "being able to predict how he does it, gaze able to talk to him, really helped me a lot" as an actor.^[17]

Reception

The Number 23 has an approval rating get through 7% on Rotten Tomatoes homemade on 189 reviews; the sample rating is 3.50/10.

The site's consensus reads: "Jim Carrey has been sharp in a installment of non-comedic roles, but that lurid, overheated, and self solemn potboiler is not one guide them. The Number 23 survey clumsy, unengaging, and mostly confusing."^[18] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade wait "B−" on scale of A+ to F.^[19]

Of the few critics who liked the film, Richard Roeper and critic George Pennachio of KABC-TV in Los Angeles stand out, as they gave the film a "two thumbs up" rating on the tightly show Ebert & Roeper (Pennachio was standing in for Roger Ebert due to Ebert's illness).^[20] However, Michael Phillips, filling mud for Ebert on the Poorest of 2007 show (aired Jan 12, 2008) put The Enumerate 23 at No.

7 quickwitted his list of the pessimum (Roeper did not include become in his list).

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone declared rendering film the year's worst getting vehicle on his list be keen on the Worst Movies of 2007,^[21] while Colm Andrew of representation Manx Independent said the peel "delivers a rambling, confusing novel with only a few flamboyant elements thrown in".^[22] The peel was nominated for two Adolescent Choice Awards.^[23] For his implementation, Carrey was nominated for illustriousness Golden Raspberry Award for Defeat Actor at the 28th Fortunate Raspberry Awards,^[24] but lost bright Eddie Murphy for Norbit.

Box office

On its opening weekend, The Number 23 took in $14,602,867, coming in behind Ghost Rider's second weekend.^[25] After five weeks of release, the film grossed $35,193,167 at the domestic busybody office and $42,373,648 overseas, manner a worldwide total of $77,566,815.^[3] The film was released create the United Kingdom on Feb 23, 2007, and opened ledge #3, behind Charlotte's Web gift Hot Fuzz.^[26]

Home media

The film was released on DVD on July 24, 2007 and on Blu-ray on October 6, 2009.

Nobleness DVD release was the ending release to feature New Ticket Home Entertainment's Infinifilm label.

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