The Cable Guy (1996)

5.4	Listal rating
5.9	IMDB rating

Directed by

Ben Stiller

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The Cable Guy

Steven M. Kovacs

Robin Harris

Rick

Steven's Father

Steven's Mother

Sam Sweet / Stan Sweet

Eric Roberts

Written by

Lou Holtz Jr.

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5 years, 2 months ago at Mar 16 14:36

The Flagship

2 votes

A chronically underrated film in my humble opinion. Jim Carrey flexes the darker side of his comic persona as The Cable Guy who hooks up Matthew Broderick's character with free cable. Believing the illegal cable deal ignited a strong friendship between the two, he seeks to spend more time with Broderick, who at first welcomes him as a friend. Carrey's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic as the ... read more

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2 years, 6 months ago at Oct 27 13:40

Factory Girl

1 vote

Ben Stiller is a shitty actor,a shity director which can easily be concluded after watching this movie,and also a shitty excuse for a human beeing ! Useless,not funny,stupid,especially the parts where 'director' makes a few 'meaningfull' tv screen entrances as an evil twin brother who shocked the entire Usa arghhh

Funny Movie

5 years, 1 month ago at Apr 8 20:38

vlm

1 vote

This movie is funny. My two favorite parts are the knight fight and the Karaoke.

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Description: Steven Kovak has been kicked out of his apartment by his girlfriend. Steven has a new apartment, and decides to slip the cable guy (Chip) $50 for free cable. Steven then fakes an interest in Chip's line of work. However Chip takes this to heart trying to become Steven's best bud. When Steven no longer wants to be Chips friend the man ... (more)

Release date : 14 June 1996
UPC: 043396824294

Comedy (29), Drama (13), 1996 (11), Thriller (10), 1990s (10), (8), Dark Comedy (7), Stalker (5), Obsession (5), Friend (4), Police (4), Lightning (3), Cable Guy (3), Friendship (3), Helicopter (3), Black Comedy (3), Basketball (3), Frat Pack (3), Destiny (3), Dream (3)

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" Marriage of TV, Computer, Phone & Games Devices During the film’s climactic stand-off between Chip (Carrey) and Steven (Matthew Broderick), Chip screams about all the ways technology is going to transform; a combination of television, computers and phones. Perhaps most prophetically, he suggests you’ll be able to play Mortal Kombat with a friend living in Vietnam. In the present day, online gaming is a cultural mainstay, and services like Skype and on-demand TV fully live up to Chip’s"