The Number 23

Ever notice how phenomena and events tie to the number 23? Walter Sparrow has: 2012 (20+1+2), the end of the Mayan calendar. 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body. February 3 (2/3), Walter's birthday. Here, there, everywhere, Walter sees connections. And it may be driving him to madness and murder. Jim Carrey puts aside his comedy persona to portray desperate Walter in an immersive psychological thriller guided by Joel Schumacher, in which he is haunted by the fact that he’s reading a book about his own life... and that the book ends in his murder. The Number 23 is both the title of the film and the book within the film, and the number 23 is intertwined in the plot of the novel and, therefore, the man's real life. Virginia Madsen co-stars as the wife who bought him the book that causes his paranoia. The connections grow. The mystery deepens. The thrills add up in The Number 23. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)