The Cable Guy (1996)

Directed by

Ben Stiller

Genre

comedy film, mystery film, comedy thriller

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2,710 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lonely cable installer becomes obsessed with a customer and inserts himself into the customer's life. The installer's increasingly strange behavior pushes the situation from awkward to threatening.

darkly comicuneasyquirkytenseabsurdsatiricaloff-kilterunsettling

What happens

The Cable Guy is a 1996 American black comedy film directed by Ben Stiller and written by Lou Holtz Jr. It stars Jim Carrey as an eccentric cable installer who intrudes on the life of a customer (Matthew Broderick). Leslie Mann, George Segal, Diane Baker and Jack Black appear in supporting roles. It was released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing on June 14, 1996. The film was a box office success, grossing $102.8 million against a $47 million budget, though not to the extent of many of Carrey's previous films. It received mixed reviews from critics, but developed a cult following. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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