The Number 23

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

2007•1h 37m•6.4/10

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6.4/10(4K)

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.

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Firm Films, New Line Cinema, Contrafilm

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