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February 23, 2007
At the Movies: Thriller 'Number 23' doesn't add up
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
AP Movie Writer
One of the many mysteries about the number 23 is why Jim Carrey and director Joel Schumacher thought audiences would share their fascination over the mysteries about the number 23.
Their thriller “The Number 23” (admit it, you're already sick of hearing that number after just two paragraphs) is a one-note — or one-number — affair, straining to build an engaging story around a man's conviction in the mystically diabolical power of that digit.
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