The Cable Guy The Cable Guy The Cable Guy is a 1996 American black comedy film directed by Ben Stiller, starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick. It was released in the United States on June 14, 1996. The film co-stars Leslie Mann, Jack Black, George Segal, Diane Baker, Eric Roberts, Owen Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, David Cross, Andy Dick, Amy Stiller, and Bob Odenkirk. Despite a modest commercial reception, the movie received mixed reviews. Over the years, the film has been considered by many as one of the most underrated works of Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller. After a failed marriage proposal to his
The Cable Guy The film was on J. Hoberman's Top 10 best of the year. Roger Ebert included "The Cable Guy" in his worst of the year list for 1996, though colleague Gene Siskel disagreed, calling it "a very good film. (Carrey's) best since "The Mask"". Ebert's main problems with the film were that he found Carrey's performance so bizarre and creepy that it undermined the entire story, and also that the movie was more of a dark comedy than was necessary for it to work. The film was also noted for its similarities to the Australian telemovie "The Plumber" (1979), which was