There's nothing like mid 90's Jim Carrey, even in this less popular flick.
Jim Carrey plays the cable guy going by the name of Chip Douglas. He's wacky, to say the least, but he may be even more than that. When Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick) ordered cable for his new apartment, he had no idea who would be coming to his place to hook it up. Steven made the drastic mistake of asking Chip for illegal cable. Well, Chip gave him the illegal cable, but it was not NSA (no strings attached).
Steven had inadvertently signed a life long pact with Chip that could only end badly. Chip was desperate for a friend and TAG, Steven was it. He was not going to leave Steven alone and Steven would find out what the penalties were for trying to abandon Chip.
"The Cable Guy" is funny and dark. If Jim Carrey hadn't had such mega-successes before this movie, I think this would be more remembered from his anthology. And Carrey made the movie. Matthew Broderick was a stick in the mud. He was this monotone, deadpan stiff. I suppose that that's what his character was supposed to be, but I have yet to see Broderick in anything where he wowed me. Carrey, on the other hand, stole every scene he was in.
Jim Carrey plays the cable guy going by the name of Chip Douglas. He's wacky, to say the least, but he may be even more than that. When Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick) ordered cable for his new apartment, he had no idea who would be coming to his place to hook it up. Steven made the drastic mistake of asking Chip for illegal cable. Well, Chip gave him the illegal cable, but it was not NSA (no strings attached).
Steven had inadvertently signed a life long pact with Chip that could only end badly. Chip was desperate for a friend and TAG, Steven was it. He was not going to leave Steven alone and Steven would find out what the penalties were for trying to abandon Chip.
"The Cable Guy" is funny and dark. If Jim Carrey hadn't had such mega-successes before this movie, I think this would be more remembered from his anthology. And Carrey made the movie. Matthew Broderick was a stick in the mud. He was this monotone, deadpan stiff. I suppose that that's what his character was supposed to be, but I have yet to see Broderick in anything where he wowed me. Carrey, on the other hand, stole every scene he was in.