So last night i made the poor decision to watch the number 23, a psychological thriller starring jim carrey. The plot involves an obsession with the 23 enigma, the discordian belief that all incidents and events are directly connected to the number 23, some permutation of the number 23, or a. The number 23 is a 2007 american thriller film written by fernley phillips and directed by joel schumacher. The number 23 is a suspense film starring jim carrey, virginia madsen, and danny huston, directed by joel schumacher. Walter sparrow, agatha ile evli bir hayvan kontrol subay. The number 23, is by some fellow named topsy kretts, and, by golly, once walter starts reading this book its so compelling, he. When walter finally arrives, agatha buys it for him. The number 23 is a 2007 american psychological horror thriller film written by fernley phillips and directed by joel schumacher.
It has jim carrey playing two roles in two different realitys. It all starts when walters wife, agatha virginia madsen, buys him a copy of a selfpublished book plothole number one called the number 23 by topsy kretts good lord. A novel of obsession by topsy kretts, which she gives to walter. It was subsequently released on dvd on july 24, 2007 23 july in the uk, and. While it has the components to turn into something compelling, it never quite gets there, and it ends up as fairly dull and forgettable. With or without words, the number 73304 23 41536968 is a story to be savoredand one that resonates. With jim carrey, virginia madsen, logan lerman, danny huston. You can call me fingerling, granted, its not my real name, i got it from a childhood book. The number 23 makes hardly any sense, and as a result, becomes irritating and boring.
This is the second film to pair schumacher and carrey, the first being batman. Having skimmed most of the book, aggie decides to buy it for walter. While she waits for him, agatha visits a nearby book store and buys a book, the number 23. The number 23 is a 2007 american psychological thriller film directed by joel schumacher, starring jim carrey, virginia madsen, danny huston and logan lerman the plot revolves around walter sparrow carrey and his obsession with the 23 enigma, an esoteric belief that all incidents and events are directly connected to the number 23, some permutation of the number 23, or a number related to 23. Is the books author, the mysterious topsy kretts trying to tell everyone about the deeper meaning of the number 23 or is it pure fiction. On his birthday, walter sparrow, an amiable dogcatcher, takes a call that leaves him dog bit and late to pick up his wife. Later in the day, his wife, agatha sparrow, surprises him with a new book. Jim carrey puts aside his comedy persona to portray haunted, desperate walter in an immersive psychological thriller guided by joel. Jim carrey stars as a man who becomes obsessed with the 23 enigma once he reads about it in a strange book that seemingly mirrors his own life. The number 23 dvd, 2007, unrated theatrical versions for. Watching 95 minutes of 23 trivia would actually be more entertaining than the film itself, but sadly it begins and were introduced to mildmannered animal control officer walter sparrow. They both become obsessed with the number 23 and start seeing it everywhere. A novel of obsession, by an author named topsy kretts. Walters wife, agatha virginia madsen, buys him a used book, the number 23, written by someone waggishly called topsy kretts.
In her boredom, she browses through a bookstore and finds an interesting novel called the number 23, written by topsy kretts, a name only 23 people dont roll their eyes at. Carrey starts seeing everything in terms of the number 23, is convinced the novel is the story of his life and sets out to track down its mysterious author, topsy kretts try saying that aloud. On his birthday, he finds his wifeperfect 10 virginia madsenin a bookstore browsing through a novel called the number 23. I once read that the only philosophical question that matters is whether or not to. Because of the incident with the dog, walter is late meeting his wife and while she is waiting, she enters a bookstore, where she browses through a book called the number 23 by topsy kretts.
The number 23 script transcript from the screenplay and. She buys it for him, and as he reads it he becomes increasingly captivated by its central. Jim carrey plays walter sparrow is a lazy dog catcher who hates dogs. The number 23 is an accidental comedy starring a deadly serious jim carrey that owes something to david fincher, a little something else to robert anton wilson and next to nothing, at least. Its called the number 23, it was written by someone named topsy kretts, and its full of coincidence. Joel schumacher cant make decent films anymore, the last good film he did was 8mm. After work, when he goes to pick up his wife, agatha virginia madsen, she has found a selfpublished book by an author named topsy kretts and titled the number 23 its a hardboiled defectivedetective novel about a saxplaying shamus. Finally, the the number 23 script is here for all you fans of the jim carrey movie. Sustaining this ominous feeling throughout the entire story is a difficult task, but ott manages it with ease. At a bookstore, agatha begins looking at a book titled the number 23 written by topsy kretts. This is the second film to pair schumacher and carrey, the. The film was released in the united states on february 23, 2007. The pseudonym of the inmovie book is topsy kretts, and no one says or reacts in any way to this until. Basically, the movie is about a dogcatcher who starts reading a book shown to him by his wife called the number 23 which is about a guy who becomes obsessed with the number 23 and then the dogcatcher guy himself starts becoming obsessed with the book, and the number 23.
He was apparently driven mad by the number 23, too. She later gives walter the book as a birthday present. Credit his natural ability to tell a story in pictures with keeping this ambitious project from ever sinking to the level of trite. It tells the story of the man in the book, and the man reading it. Having skimmed most of the book, aggie decides to buy it for walter as a birthday present. A big red flag should be raised with the use of the pun, topsy kretts. The bluray offers excellent picture and audio as well as a nice collection of extras. While she is doing this, walter and his son figure out the number 23. The number 23 2007 yify download movie torrent yts. One day, he is called to lasso one, but he gets bitten instead. By dankerofdamemes ongoing updated jan 10, 2016 embed story share via email read new reading list based around the movie. Its cool to see and it can pleasantly catch you off guard, but theres ultimately not much to it beyond its own sense of trickery. Thats the question that needs to be answered as walter.
The number is, of course, 23, and it worms its way into walters brain via a privately printed novel by one topsy kretts that his wife, agatha virginia madsen, casually picks up at a usedbook. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. The number 23 2007 download yify movie torrent yts. But, somehow, the number 23 was both completed and released, and the results stand shoulder to shoulder with other epic, misjudged, endlessly quotable misfires like the room and the wicker man remake. Waiting for walter, aggie ducks into a used book store and picks up a tattered paperback titled the number 23. The number 23 is the movie equivalent of a parlor trick. A man starts reading a book about how the number 23 is everywhere. Through a series of coincidences or are they, his wife agatha virginia madsen finds a novel called the number 23 by one topsy kretts. Walter sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he. The constant references to the number 23 get to the point of being annoying. The number 23 2007 stars jim carrey as a dog catcher who gets caught up in a numerological mystery that ends up doing a number on his head. Despite some appealing aspects, the number 23 is just not a very interesting movie. In its first paragraph, the books protagonist, fingerling, attributes his nickname to a childrens book, fingerling at the zoo, which.