The Cable Guy (1996)

Stars	User	Rating
4	TonythePony	68 _49th
Carrey as a disturbing, socially challenged, yet technically capable stalker was not palatable to the masses expecting his usual rubber faced douchebag routine. Approached with an open mind now reveals a solid performance from Carrey aided by amusing bit parts by Wilson and Stiller, along with Broderick's straight man competence. A script laden with numerous classic TV references and a rather intricate plot (for a comedy) rewards those who chance a second viewing.
3	Shmendrek	3 _61st
Don't really understand the hate, as this is an excellent dark comedy. Easily one of Carrey's best comedic roles.
3	FunkyAstro	85 _86th
I don't think people quite understand how creepy, hilarious and brilliant this movie actually is. You're all wrong! plugs ears "LA LA LA LA... Seriously though, this movie was WAY ahead of its time. The scene where Chip predicts, to pinpoint accuracy, how people will use the internet and the fact that this supposed connecting technology is spawning a whole new age of media inspired psychos and disconnected reality only solidifies the fact that Ben Stiller totally called it twenty years ago.
2	eveelun	67 _35th
Not a great film by any stretch, but I appreciate the dark comic angle Stiller was taking. It's very hit or miss, but I'll take it over any of Carrey's other early films where he just gesticulates wildly for an hour and a half.
2	Pickpocket	7 _68th
Kind of a guilty pleasure because it's so over the top ridiculous. It's not a good movie by any means but it's great to watch with a bunch of friends and just laugh at it.
2	ozymandius10	76 _67th
Critics were far too harsh with this movie. Ben Stiller did a fine job in his directorial debut by giving us plenty of dark with our comedy.
2	Alex Watkins	3 _38th
Almost uncomfortably intense for a comedy. Like the Homer's Enemy episode of The Simpsons, it's basically a horror film about how awful it would be to know a rubber-faced cartoon character in real life.
2	Grit	49 _46th
I thought this was pretty good actually for the mostpart, if you have seen any other Carrey film you should know exactly what to expect. Again, has some very good scenes and some stand-out hilarious moments but can begin to get a little monotonous after a while, possibly due to a patchy script.
2	nunstrangler	57 _35th
A little darker humor than Carrey fans may be used to, and don't expect any bodily ventriloquism. Carrey (did we mention he's in it?) gets to act with real life people. Director Stiller does a nice job of reining in his more manic impulses when necessary. Broderick holds his own as the reluctant pal. Original scripter Holtz won a Writer's Guild arbitration for sole writing credit from producer-writer Judd Apatow.
2	Clark Nova	100 _97th
I think it's the cat's pajamas.
1	SlrSoapbox	75 _59th
Extremely weird, but still entertaining. The film's relative failure is probably because Jim Carrey was playing a dark and deranged character instead of doing his usual goofy slapstick. His performance is still pretty funny though.
1	svicciarelli	85 _50th
Panned when it was first released, I actually think this is one of Carrey's best. Dark but funny and well paced.
1	djross	60 _62nd
A long time since I saw this, but my recollection is that it is quite a dark satire on contemporary society that probably suffered commercially due to the admirable decision to fashion such an unpleasant protagonist.
1	lifeandall	40 _9th
Didn't get this one at all. Maybe I was drowsy, but it seemed rather pointless and boring.
1	GravyMaximus	60 _47th
Not good, but, at times, pretty fucking creepy.
1	cagedwisdom	25 _17th
It's hard to give this a high score. To begin with it's pretty much entirely stale and flat, and it's easily one of Carrey's least inspired films. However, as it evolves it becomes a decently entertaining and interesting story, and it ends with a quite cliche, but still pretty true comment on society. Some great scenes, but pretty average. It's worth watching entirely for the medieval scene, which is absolutely brilliant.
1	twincinema	75 _64th
Of all of Carrey's comedies, this is the one that has stuck with me the most. I am unsure what the says about me. It's a dark comedy that sometimes works, sometimes doesn't, but will have a special place in my heart because nostalgia will come for us all.
1	MJVmovieMan	65 _37th
It's a dark comedy, and it's odd, weird, and very different from Carrey's line-up. But it's also interesting and has its moments, if not a few big laughs. It's not for everyone certainly, and I can say it's not high on my list at all, but it's definitely worth checking out once - even if Matthew Broderick often gives me the sensation of having tiny needles placed along my spinal column.
1	martryn	58 _25th
While I hated this film initially, this is slowly becoming a cult classic for me. It's still not a very good movie, but it's better than I initially gave it credit for, so if you're also on the fence after one viewing, you might wait a few months and watch it again.
1	Spunkie	65 _76th
I love the undercurrent of this story. While it plays for situation comedy most of the time, the obsessive character meshes with Carrey's own persona to create an eerie effect. This one time Stiller brings some meal to the table.
1	amerigo	87 _91st
This is a true staple film of postmodernism and probably Carrey's best performance. It manages to be a brilliant collection of pop culture references distilled into a bizarrely ironic "real slasher" flick. A refreshingly unique film. I only wish that much like the Matrix referenced Derrida, the book that Gass opens during the cable outage was Delillo's White Noise.
1	Matthias99	90 _66th
A funny movie... Jim Carrey is great as the demented cable guy, and Matthew Broderick makes a pretty good straight man.
1	fyngyrz	9 _62nd
Underrated. Carey is a genius.
1	Biedronski	80 _72nd
Underated. I didn't appreciate it as much as a kid cause it wasn't the colorful wacky Jim Carrey I loved, but now I appreciate it much more. Some of the parts in this movie are so bizarre and hilarious.
1	paulofilmo	69 _47th
Hard to conjure up many other characters that juggle omniscience with subservience so deviously; pitifully.
1	Neonman	63 _21st
I can't believe Jim Carey was paid a record $25 million to ruin this otherwise amusing satire on television. The humour is more understated, but Carey's overdone antics don't gel at all, distracting this film from keeping thematic focus by introducing Carey's "slapstick comedy" moments (basketball game, jousting, karaoke- all an unfunny waste of time). Carey is downright embarrassing to watch and truly reduces what could've been an otherwise entertaining and amusing satire.
1	Hadleyreis	52 _28th
Jim Carrey showing us his range in this film
1	ABUNCHOFCATS	74 _35th
Fun dark comedy that doesn't deserve the rap it gets.
1	Rampage101	60 _7th
Definitely a low point in Jim Carey's career, this movie is more annoying than funny.
1	JordanDcFc	60 _22nd
I guess it was pretty funny, well Carrey was anyway. Other than his performance this film is very weak, the script was lacking as was the supporting cast. It dragged on a lot in between the funniest scenes and I found myself bored a few times too. Overall, it was pretty funny occasionally but not often enough.
1	SirStuckey	80 _78th
Terribly under appreciated film. I understand why people don't really like it, but I think it's been judged more based on Jim Carrey trying to branch out in styles than as a film itself. People wanted the Jim Carrey from The Mask, Ace Ventura, and Dumb and Dumber instead of the creepy and dark Carrey they got. I'm not saying this movie was flawless (in fact Broderick is very flawed), but it's not nearly as bad as people have said.
1	Okkervil	70 _67th
Darkly comic and at times very funny. Much of the average film making on display is lifted by Carrey's quality performance.
1	Dunder74	7 _68th
One of the most under-appreciated comedies of all time.
1	CM1405	50 _2nd
Decent story added to by carreys performance, one of the under-rated jim carrey movies
1	pieterpronk	64 _23rd
Somehow the darker side of the cable guy seems to hamper Carrey's style. Adding only a more boring tone to his character. What he did manage however is to make "cable guy" something you could really use to describe a "friend" you didn't want to have.
1	b3nnic3	100 _77th
Good movie that only truly pure people will understand.
1	tinysausage	64 _22nd
Pretty dark for a mainstream comedy.
1	giturra	75 _30th
dark twisted comedy, that has some really funny bits and also a very disturbing story at its center. A flop at the time it has won deservedly a cult status afterwards. one of carrey`s best.
1	Talvitie	61 _31st
This is not so bad but at the end the movie little bit gets out of the hand.
1	xmulderx	40 _38th
I liked this when I was a kid... but only because my parents hid it from me, i found it and watched it when they were in bed. Don't even remember the plot.
1	doughbaron	64 _33rd
It took me a really long time to recognize that there are a lot of great comedic moments in this movie, but I doubt I can ever ignore the fact that the third act is simply awful. Everything would have worked much better by leaving Chip as a sympathetic character, but placating the lowest common denominator by creating a clear villain ruined an otherwise enjoyable film.
1	dunbar	60 _25th
The two common camps for this movie seem to be "too dark for Carrey, I didn't like it" and "a nice change of pace for Carrey, I liked it". I feel like there's a third category and I'm right smack in the middle of it, the little known "it's sort of black comedy for Carrey so that's kind of cool, kind of refreshing, but the script is also dumb as shit in many places, so why ask a guy famous for being a rubber-faced goofball to tone it down a bit when you haven't got the script to match?" camp.
1	hellboy76	70 _79th
I actually was impressed with this a true "dark comedy". Carrey goes from funny to frightening in the blink of an eye and it's actually pretty impressive. The script has some flaws but all in all one of Carrey's more entertaining movies.
1	PerryStroika	59 _36th
Intriguing premise but flawed delivery.
1	TheLastBaron	50 _37th
Used to be a huge Jim Carrey fan back in the day. I...guess I don't have more to say than that.
1	CMonster	69 _45th
This is definitely bizarre and not a particularly well made film. But it does have something about it that was quite enjoyable, for me anyways. It was definitely better, at least comedicly, than people give it credit for. Dark and creepy made this movie, if it had been the silly version of Carrey we are used to, it would have fallen apart.
1	GreatScott85	72 _27th
Daring and highly polarizing, there are certainly laughs to be found if you can withstand the awkwardness and uncomfortable tension between these characters.
1	SheWas	51 _46th
CULT
1	Leonardis	83 _43rd
I... actually kinda dug this. The Cable Guy may feel slightly clichéd and a little slow, but I thought Carry was pretty slick in this strange, unusual turn for his career and I loved thst about it. Definitwly not for everyone, but I found it enjoyable!
1	jnsoneji	100 _97th
The horror of cable guys portrayed by Jim Carrey; very funny
1	Alex WS	86 _92nd
Comedy with a great atmosphere and decent social commentary.
1	HobbitNinja	85 _43rd
Sorely underrated film. The comedy is dry, dark, and brilliant. Great job by director Ben Stiller, and Jim Carey is unforgettable.
1	Groovy_Souls	75 _64th
Call this a bit of a guilty pleasure. This is a dark comedy not worthy of the hate it gets. Ben Stiller's direction and cinematography are pure bliss. Paired with Jim Carrey's stunningly psychotic performance, the rest of the movie is brought down. An alright movie with fantastic parts; a dark comedy that is great but not on the level of other cult classics, like Fargo.
1	Yiannos	65 _59th
Carrey took a real risk playing such an unlikeable character at peak fame, which gave him the opportunity to tap into the darker undercurrents of his manic screen persona, fashioning an unusually aggressive but strangely sympathetic black comic turn as a lonely man whose tenuous grasp on reality was formed by parental neglect and media overload. While mass media critiques were common in the 90's, this stands out because the critique was snuck through the backdoor, and Carrey really goes for it.

Average Percentile 33.19% from 7868 Ratings