Cable Guy

Pros: very funny, great performances, classic lines
Cons: not what people were expecting in 1996

Conventional wisdom has it that Cable Guy was a veritable boat anchor, a dud so bad you couldn't give it to starving Ethiopians, even if you threw in a sandwich. But conventional wisdom is typically wrong. This film gets a bad rap for introducing ...

Pros: Fun picking up on all the TV/movie references; minor supporting characters shine.
Cons: Too preachy; moralizes.

I realize that the Jim Carrey vehicle The Cable Guy doesn't add up to much, but I like it enough to give it a marginal recommendation. Of all the Jim Carrey films I've seen, I gotta admit—it's my favorite. Oddly enough this was ...

Pros: Carrey made an attempt at branching out with this one.
Cons: It simply wasn't funny.

The other day, the cable guy came by to install digital cable at the Wilder residence. My friend said to me: "Jeff, if the Cable Guy turns out to be Jim Carrey, we should shoot him". I responded: "Thank you for bringing back memories of that terrible...

Pros: One of Jim Carrey's best performances, both in terms of comedic quality, and his acting ability - yes, he really can act! Other cast members also work well, especially Broderick.
Cons: None that I can recall!

Cable Guy is definitely one of the highlights of Jim Carrey's career, as this film shows that he can indeed play a character other than an amusing buffoon, and what's more, he can play the character very well.

The main...

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Cons: read the review

"The Cable Guy" seems to have a schizophrenic personality. I can't tell if it wants to be a wacky Jim Carrey flick (a la "Dumb And Dumber," "The Mask"), or just another straight comedy. I think it tries to combine the two, and even so, it doesn't work ...

Pros: Carrey's best performance to date, good foil in Broderick, WEIRD set-pieces, GREAT FUN.
Cons: Poor story development

You'd be well advised to turn on, tune in and check out The Cable Guy.
An appealingly dark comedy with a hilarious meanstreak, it features an interesting (if on paper unlikely) double-act in Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick which works much better...

Pros: good cast, nice ideas, definitely interesting
Cons: heavy handed obvious script that only occasionally shines, not for typical carrey fans

"The Cable Guy" got a very rude reception when it came out due mainly to two things 1). The amount of money Jim Carrey got for doing this film (20 million!) and 2). The fact that Carrey wasn't doing his usual schtick.
While I don't see...

Pros: none
Cons: everything about the movie!

I went to the movies with a bunch of my friends to see this movie back in like 1996. My friends and I were watching TV and seen a preview for the movie and we all thought it looked so funny. The week after we seen the preview for "The Cable Guy...

Pros: Funny, funny, and....insane
Cons: None

You're a young man with a good job. The only thing going wrong in your life is a rocky relationship, which you're working on. So what can happen? Anything can-when you meet the cable guy.

Jim Carrey plays a crazy cable installer who's life...

Pros: Laughs that get better every time you watch it
Cons: most people want acting and this is just fun

I don't know what anybody else might tell you, but you must see this movie! This is Jim Carrey in one of his finest roles. He plays a deranged cable guy who grew up with the television as his dad, and ends up stalking his customers later on in...

Pros: Carrey's over-the top performance, subtle digs in the direction...
Cons: ...but too much prompting for the unschooled viewer.

I have to admit, I’m not usually one to jump on a bandwagon, but in the case of Jim Carrey, it’s just so damn hard not to. This movie in particular, directed by Ben Stiller (who everyone knows as the smegma-stained shlomo from “Something About Mary”),...

Pros: Nothing
Cons: The while Movie

I have seen some pretty bad movies before! But man! Jim Carrey, what the heck happened here? First of all, the story to this comedy sucked harshly. Secondly, it wasn't too too funny! Thirdly, it sucked! That's all I can say! It sucked!

Like, a...

Pros: A couple of darkly comic moments
Cons: Regurgitated pop culture

The Cable Guy is the gum on the bottom of the pop culture shoe, existing solely to spit out regurgitated quotes from movies as recent as Waterworld and GoldenEye, both of which were released only about six months before this one. It hovers between...

Pros: one funny scene, nothing else...
Cons: Carey is a psycho, gives bad message, not funny, useless plot

I am really surprised people actually are going pretty easy on this movie here at epinions.com. This movie is horrendous! It nearly ruined Jim Carey's career, how can anybody see that as a good thing? I don't want to make this too long a review, ...

Pros: A lot of funny parts in the beginning
Cons: It was very dark, deep, and disturbing

I didn't see cable guy in theaters I saw it on t.v. and my boyfriend and brother both warned me it was a stupid movie I should have listened. This is more than a stupid movie its a very disturbing movie. This movie is about a cable guy who installs cable...