The Cable Guy Certificate: 
- Duration:
- 92 mins
- Year produced:
- 1996
- Director:
- Ben Stiller
- Cast:
- Jim Carrey
- Matthew Broderick
- George Segal
At first, when Steven Kovacs breaks up with his girlfriend and moves into a plush but lonely bachelor pad, he’s grateful for the friendship of Chip Douglas, the TV repair-man who illegally fixes him up with free cable. But soon, Steven begins to realise that Chip is needy, and lacks any boundaries – and that his obsession with old TV shows masks a much more serious personality problem. A much darker kind of comedy than fans of star Jim Carrey were used to when it first came out, the hilarious but hard-edged Cable Guy has since become a true cult favourite.
- Average rating:
(2 votes)
Reviews
8 October 2008
Ben from Bomere Heath CofE Primary School
i relly loved cable guy it was relly funny becuse he said i gave you free cable
14 November 2008
Aodhan from Hazelwood Integrated College
The movie was quite funny with many comedic moments. I believe the story was not great. The Actors were alright and the movie was fairly short. The sound was not great the camera angles were good
Camera angle 6.7
Characters 7.4
Sound 4.3
Story 3.2
Moving rating 5.4 Alright
Fascinating facts
During filming of the scene in which the Cable Guy (Jim Carrey) plays basketball, it was discovered that Carrey could barely dribble a basketball, much less make a basket. Director Ben Stiller had Carrey mime the action without a ball and visual effects technicians added the basketball in postproduction.
Jim Carrey improvised heavily during a number of his scenes in The Cable Guy – when Chip and Steven are at the restaurant Medieval Times, Carrey’s co-star Matthew Broderick had to have the camera directed away from him in case he burst out laughing.