Is The Number 23 actually good?

The Number 23 sits in the 24.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 24.5% of them.

How does The Number 23 compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, The Number 23 lands in the 26.9% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is The Number 23's score based on?

355 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Number 23's score.

2007

global pct

24.5

Film · 2007 · Films · 2000s

The Number 23

Name: The Number 23
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2007

Scored from 355 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

24.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

26.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

7.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

355 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Walter Sparrow, an animal control worker, receives a mysterious novel from his wife for his birthday and becomes obsessed with its protagonist, a detective haunted by the number 23. As the parallels between the book and his own life deepen, Walter spirals into paranoia, convinced the number holds a dark secret tied to his identity.

The Number 23 is a 2007 crime, mystery and thriller film.

The calibrated figure is built from 355 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 362 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 23,729 of whom clear the calibration test. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 7,846 2000s films, not against the whole corpus.

Is The Number 23 (2007) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 355
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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