The Number 23

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

Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) is an animal control officer who picks up a strange novel and finds that its hero seems to be living his own life. As the pages go on, more and more of it lines up with his, and Walter starts writing down every coincidence he can find. Joel Schumacher follows him as the book takes over his days, with Agatha (Virginia Madsen) beside him and the novel open on the table.