The Number 23

The Number 23

First it takes hold of your mind...then it takes hold of your life.

Rating

3.0 (1)

Release Date

2/23/2007

Runtime

98 mins

Overview

Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$30,000,000

Revenue

$77,677,553

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A man's grip on reality slips as he becomes convinced a novel is a coded message about his own life. It's a taut, claustrophobic descent into paranoia that questions what's real.

Mood

ParanoidDread-soakedUnsettling

Themes

ObsessionIdentity

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

High-contrastStylized genre

Structure

Nonlinear

Heads up

Suicide and self-harm

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