The Cable Guy (DVD, 1997, Subtitled in French, Korean, and Spanish)

I'm not really sure if "The Cable Guy" is a comedy film or a crazy stalker film. Either way it has its share of laughs & a creepy Jim Carey performance. The acting is great & the story goes kinda deep. What happens when you let television raise your children? Find out by watching "The Cable Guy". Don't pass this up. One of Jim Carey's best. 4.5/5

This movie was a victim of timing. Many of today's comedies are made in this mold, but when The Cable Guy came out, I don't think people were ready for it. Take a second look at this great movie, and I think you'll agree that it was highly underrated. Jim Carrey is fantastic, as is Jack Black and Jeanene Garafolo in minimal roles. "if we don't fight 'til the death, they will kill us both..."

The Cable Guy has been pronounced one of VERY few blunders for Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller, and I can't for the life of me understand why. This movie is HYSTERICAL!! Yes, Jim Carrey is WAY out there - that's his character. Let's face it, when it comes to various forms of humor, you either get it or you don't. If you don't find Ben Stiller amusing, you won't like Cable Guy. If, however, you have an agile and flexible sense of humor, little has ever been filmed that could be called funnier than this classic. "Let's take a ride on the information superhighway!"

When this movie first opened over 10 years ago, critics billed it as a "dark" comedy. Because of this, I didn't bother to see it for all these years. Although there are a few dark aspects here, this is far from dark comedy. This truly is Jim Carey at his insane best! Just caught this movie the other morning before work and just could seem to stop laughing. So many of the gags were pointed directly at Generation X. And this Cable Guy truly had second sight as he predicted Computers, phones, television all in one connected to a superhighway.

Another surprise are the many cameos of now famous people! If you never have, or just haven't in a long time, check out the Cable Guy again and again...there are laughs aplenty

I have heard a lot of people say that Jim Carey wasn't himself in this movie and a lot of people hated this movie. I, personally, love this movie and I've been looking for it for a while now. I got it for a great price and it plays just fine. I don't have any regrets.

I just had to get it. My girlfriend has never seen it and she really enjoyed the comedy in the movie! Still a knee slapper! Too bad newer movies can't seem to get it right! wait a few more yrs and iam sure u might see a remake of this! LOL!!!

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Well for one thing...it's a Jim Carrey movie. It's really funny and makes me smile. Jim Carrey always gives a wacky performance. I don't want to give out any spoilers for anyone who hasn't seen it. Just know that this one is a classic.
I bought this movie for my boyfriend for Christmas because he is a big Jim Carrey fan and he asked for it.

Wasn't my favorite of Jim Carys. Was kind of expecting something comparable to Dumb and Dumber. This was a dark comedy. I NOT remember laughing during this movie.

A classic Jim Carrey movie. Great acting, with a different kind of humor that seems genius for this generation. Chip Douglas (Jim Carey) is a cable guy who can either be your best friend or worst enemy. If you enjoy Jim Carrey humor don't pass it up.

(JIM CARREY) IS CHIP DOUGLAS, CABLE INSTALLER. RAISED ON TELEVISION SITCOMS, HE WANTS LIFE TO LOOK JUST LIKE MY THREE SONS, AND WHEN HE MEETS SINGLE GUY STEVEN KOVACS (MATTHEW BRODERICK), HE SEES HIS CHANCE FOR SOME SERIOUS MALE BONDING. BUT CHIP'S IDEA OF FRIENDSHIP-WHICH INCLUDES PHYSICAL ASSAULT, A GAME OF 'PORNO PASSWORD' AND A MEDIEVAL JOUST-MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO STEVEN'S HEALTH. IN CHIP'S OWN IMMORTAL WORDS,"I CAN BE YOUR BEST FRIEND... OR YOUR WORST ENEMY."

This is a great movie I bought it because I saw it when I was younger and I really liked it. Jim Carrey is a great comedian about all his movies are great I recommend pretty much all of them. This movie is about a cable guy that seems to get to close to a clients live or that's how it seems. He seems to be everywhere the client is at is like his obsessed with his client. But after a while you as the viewer you start to see a lot of abnormalities like there's a lot about the cable guy that seems to be hidden. After that you see a lot that unfolds and how the cable guy becomes extremely obsessed and sabotages the clients life every moment he gets. Is as he wants the client to go to him thinking he doesn't have no one to go just a guy he recently met. But after some stuff it starts to seem that everything's not going the cable guys way.Well with what I've said so far I think is enough information for you to be interested in seeing this and finding out what happens to every character.

i like this movie because it is a hilarious movie. jim carey is so funny. i would recomend anyone who likes funny movies or jim carey to get this movie. they will not be disapointed

I love this movie, it's so funny and Jim Carrey is the man. I decided to buy it because I had never seen it before.

Okay, just to get this out of the way, I didn't like The Cable Guy either. That's right, the first time I saw it in the theaters when it was first released I walked out thinking it was pretty bad. But after giving it more thought a few months later after seeing it again on cable, I came to realize this movie was pure comedic genius that went unappreciated because it broke the formula of what the world expected of a Jim Carrey movie.

Look at Carrey's next film, Liar Liar. It's an utterly mediocre family comedy that takes no risks and somehow it gets called his return to form. That is NOT a return to form. Please go watch a few old In Living Color episodes again. His characters are best when they are ridiculous, dark, or deranged, or all of the above. This is what is at the heart of The Cable Guy. It's dark comedy about a self-sabotaging loser with no friends. Every attempt to reach out for companionship is undermined by his desperation, and it's wincingly hilarious at each turn. It's this type of comedy that laid the groundwork for shows like The Office and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Chip Douglas is perhaps one of Carrey's best character roles.

Now, if this isn't convincing you, jaded readers, as you sit smirking to yourselves at how misguided I am and how much of a comedy film savant you are, then consider this: What are a few of your favorite recent comedies? If you answered with anything that Judd Apatow was involved with, and the chances of that are pretty good, then you sir are a hypocrite. That's right, in one of his early forays into film Apatow rewrote the script and coproduced The Cable Guy. Indeed, you might consider The Cable Guy one of the first "frat pack" comedies, as Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson all played a big part in making this memorable film.

But go on, join the crowd, dismissing it as "the film that almost ruined Jim Carrey's career," you Simpsons quoting simpleton. It's not hard to fall in line. It's just hard to see what's getting trampled by the crowd.

CLaSSIC.

Must Own.

"it was my treat. U know.. i pay this time, you pay next time'

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I've never written a review before but i wanted this movie because some family members and a neighbor told me that its so funny that i had to see it(they couldn't believe i hadn't seen it.) I finally decided to go to wal-mart to purchase this movie to watch on one of my chill out days but it was unavailable, so i found it on ebay at a good price, with the original case and in excellent condition. There's nothing much more that i can say beside my family and friends were right and i'm glad i finally saw this movie.

Not your usual Jim Carrey movie. He plays an over bearing friend whom you can't get rid of. He's in your business, meddling in your affairs, he's everywhere you turn. When you reject him, he comes at you with a venjence and tries to ruin your life. I found this to be an entertaining movie but pretty stressful at times. It will remind you of all the crazy clingy people you ever came in contact with. If anyone else played the role but JC, I wouldn't have liked it.

I love Jim Carrey's comedic genius! Ben Stiller being the director put the icing on the cake! A must see! You'll never think about having cable installed the same after seeing this movie! Definitely worth adding to yoour collection of DVD's.

Wasn't my favorite of Jim Carys. Was kind of expecting something comparable to Dumb and Dumber. This was a dark comedy. I only remember laughing one time during this movie.