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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780800187781
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0800187784
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: May 13, 1997
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 2633
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: June 14, 1996
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
If you think Jim Carrey's comedy is an acquired taste, think of The Cable Guy as a potent bottle of bittersweet wine. The film has a lingering aftertaste, but it is just a bit too dark, a bit too extreme to invite another serving. On the other hand, you've got to give Carrey some credit for risking his $20-million paycheck (and a big chunk of box-office revenue) on this black comedy. A needy, psychologically unbalanced cable-television installer (Carrey) forces his friendship upon an unsuspecting bachelor (Matthew Broderick) who has just broken up with his fiancée. The movie gets edgier and more desperate--and in some respects funnier--as Carrey's cable guy gradually goes crazy. Director Ben Stiller manages to pack some pointed social commentary into the movie's many humorous detours. Although it was a box-office disappointment, The Cable Guy is nevertheless a daring comedy for those who have had their fill of Ace Ventura. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Hillarious
Jim Carrey rules. this movie is so funny it will make you laugh untile you cry. it's worth watching
Rating: - ben's directing debut
This is another good role for Jim carey. It's not his usuall regular comedy. It is more of a dark comedy. Matthew Broderick has just moved into a new apartment and is waiting for the cable guy to come. When jim comes, they talk for a few minutes and jim invites him to hang out. It later seems jim is obsessed with hanging out with matthew. Eventually, matthew says he is a nice guy but doesnt want to be his friend. Then jim, starts screwing with his life
Rating:  - I can't believe I sat through this.
The Cable Guy starring Jim Carrey could possibly be his worst film of all-time. He is absolutely horrible in this and so is Matthew Broderick. Their strange chemistry is completely off and even the funny Jeanne Garfalo looks like she hated filming this dark comedy. The only funny scene is when Carrey sings the Jefferson Airplane song, Somebody to Love. I hate to say it but this one is a stinker!
Rating: - Will Everyone Stop Calling This A "Dark Comedy"?
While Jim Carrey in "Cable Guy" contains some twisted comedic attributes, the film is deserving of more than the categorical "dark comedy" (say "limited appeal") so routinely attributed to it. The premise of a cable installer devoid of friends manipulating a customer into his life should be absurd enough to remind people to lighten up. There's nothing menacing or dark here unless you are witless and unaware that it's a send-up of those elements. This is far from the one-skit-fleshed-into-a-movie ... Read More
Rating: - More adult oriented comedy than his previous, more succesful ones
I laughed so hard and really admired Carrey's performance. I didn't like the Ace Ventura movies although I liked the Mask. Carrey created a dark, lonely man who causes trouble for Matthew Broderick's character. Without going into details I found this to be very entertaining. There is the classic Star Trek episode battle parady. There's nothing graphic, but the themes are very adult so I would only recommend that older teens see it. Very underrated and it deserved better box office results.
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