The Cable Guy
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- Common Sense Age 14+
- Critics Consensus 55%
- HD
- CC
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- Comedy
- 1 Hour 35 Minutes
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4.1 • 255 Ratings
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Jim Carrey is Chip Douglas, cable installer. Raised on television sitcoms, he wants life to look just like My Three Sons. And when he meets single guy Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick), he sees his chance for some serious male bonding. But Chip's idea of friendship - which includes physical assault, a game of 'Porno Password' and a medieval joust - may be hazardous to Steven's health. In Chip's own immortal words, "I can be your best friend... or your worst enemy." Directed by Ben Stiller (Reality Bites).
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Jim Carrey is Chip Douglas, cable installer. Raised on television sitcoms, he wants life to look just like My Three Sons. And when he meets single guy Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick), he sees his chance for some serious male bonding. But Chip's idea of friendship - which includes physical assault, a game of 'Porno Password' and a medieval joust - may be hazardous to Steven's health. In Chip's own immortal words, "I can be your best friend... or your worst enemy." Directed by Ben Stiller (Reality Bites).
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- Rent $3.99
- Buy $12.99
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Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: The Cable Guy's dark flashes of thought-provoking, subversive wit are often -- but not always -- enough to counter its frustratingly uneven storytelling approach.
A twisted comedy about TV addiction. Teens OK.
Cast & Crew
- Cast
- Jim Carrey
- Matthew Broderick
- George Segal
- Andy Dick
- Janeane Garofalo
- Diane Baker
- Eric Roberts
- Ben Stiller
- Leslie Mann
- Director
- Ben Stiller
- Producers
- Judd Apatow
- Jeffrey A. Mueller
- Andrew Licht
- Screenwriter
- Lou Holtz Jr.
Information
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
- Genre
- Comedy
- Released
- Copyright
- © 1996 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Languages
- Primary
- English (Dolby 5.1, Stereo, Subtitles, CC)
- Additional
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Arabic (Subtitles), Czech (Subtitles), Danish (Subtitles), Dutch (Subtitles), Finnish (Subtitles), French (Stereo, Subtitles), German (Subtitles), Greek (Subtitles), Hebrew (Subtitles), Hungarian (Subtitles), Italian (Subtitles), Korean (Subtitles), Norwegian (Subtitles), Polish (Subtitles), Spanish (Stereo, Subtitles), Swedish (Subtitles), Thai (Subtitles), Traditional Chinese (Subtitles)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.