If you think Jim Carrey's comedy is an acquired taste, think of The Cable Guy as a potent bottle of bittersweet wine. The film has a lingering aftertaste, but it is just a bit too dark, a bit too extreme to invite another serving. On the other hand, you've got to give Carrey some credit for risking his $20-million paycheck (and a big chunk of box-office revenue) on this black comedy. A needy, psychologically unbalanced cable-television installer (Carrey) forces his friendship upon an unsuspecting bachelor (Matthew Broderick) who has just broken up with his fiancée. The movie gets edgier and more desperate--and in some respects funnier--as Carrey's cable guy gradually goes crazy. Director Ben Stiller manages to pack some pointed social commentary into the movie's many humorous detours. Although it was a box-office disappointment, The Cable Guy is nevertheless a daring comedy for those who have had their fill of Ace Ventura. --Jeff Shannon

Just after arriving in his new place steven summons the cable guy. The cable operation turns out to be starved for human companionship and steven gets hooked into hanging out with him. When steven decides to end the relationship the cable guy becomes terrifying and satanic destroying stevens life. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/21/2004 Starring: Jim Carrey Leslie Mann Run time: 96 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Ben Stiller

Jim Carrey rules. this movie is so funny it will make you laugh untile you cry. it's worth watching

This is another good role for Jim carey. It's not his usuall regular comedy. It is more of a dark comedy. Matthew Broderick has just moved into a new apartment and is waiting for the cable guy to come. When jim comes, they talk for a few minutes and jim invites him to hang out. It later seems jim is obsessed with hanging out with matthew. Eventually, matthew says he is a nice guy but doesnt want to be his friend. Then jim, starts screwing with his life

The Cable Guy starring Jim Carrey could possibly be his worst film of all-time. He is absolutely horrible in this and so is Matthew Broderick. Their strange chemistry is completely off and even the funny Jeanne Garfalo looks like she hated filming this dark comedy. The only funny scene is when Carrey sings the Jefferson Airplane song, Somebody to Love. I hate to say it but this one is a stinker!

While Jim Carrey in "Cable Guy" contains some twisted comedic attributes, the film is deserving of more than the categorical "dark comedy" (say "limited appeal") so routinely attributed to it. The premise of a cable installer devoid of friends manipulating a customer into his life should be absurd enough to remind people to lighten up. There's nothing menacing or dark here unless you are witless and unaware that it's a send-up of those elements. This is far from the one-skit-fleshed-into-a-movie comedy premise so many films are guilty of.

While I don't want to overstate that this film is some kind of perfect masterpiece, it's certainly a much much better comedy than the off-putting "dark comedy" reputation that precedes it.

I laughed so hard and really admired Carrey's performance. I didn't like the Ace Ventura movies although I liked the Mask. Carrey created a dark, lonely man who causes trouble for Matthew Broderick's character. Without going into details I found this to be very entertaining. There is the classic Star Trek episode battle parady. There's nothing graphic, but the themes are very adult so I would only recommend that older teens see it. Very underrated and it deserved better box office results.