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The Cable Guy (1996)

The Cable Guy
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Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Jim Carrey

A lonely and disturbed cable guy raised on television just wants a new friend, but his target, a designer, rejects him, with bad consequences.

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50% liked it
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51 critics

PG-13, 96 min.
Directed by: Ben Stiller
Release Date: Jun 14, 1996
DVD Release Date: Aug 08, 2000

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19 hours ago
worst jim carey film
5 days ago
I felt somewhat connected to this movie considering I work for Shaw...And young Jack Black worked in a TV newsroom, it was like I was in the movie...it was fun and then uncomfortable as Carrey's character got out of hand. Interesting look at relation... (read more)
10 days ago
The most unfunny Jim Carrey ever. He can do so much better then this piece of trash.
10 days ago
Actually the BEST Jim Caerry movie i recall
11 days ago
Sure lots of people hate this movie, but it has occurred to me that I have only seen bits and pieces of this movie on t.v. I really want to watch this movie beginning to end sometime.

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3133 days ago
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Carrey runs riot, and Stiller won't stop him.
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3631 days ago
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
As it is, themovie goes in one direction and the cable guy goes in another, and by the end we aren't really looking forward to seeing Jim Carrey reappear on the screen.
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3631 days ago
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Stiller doesn't know where he wants the movie to go, and Broderick has nothing to do but look incredulous as Carrey wreaks havoc on his personal life.
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