Movie Synopsis: The Cable Guy
The Cable Guy (Jim Carrey) enjoys the power and freedom that his profession provides him. Not only does he get invited into the homes of many he also can grant his favorite customers with free premium channels. Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick) decides to take his friend Rick's (Jack Black) advices and considers bribing the cable guy with fifty bucks to hook up his new place. As is standard in the cable industry the Cable Guy shows up hours late to get Steven's pad connected.
Within minutes of meeting the Cable Guy we quickly come to the conclusion that he is not all there as he feels the walls of Steven's apartment looking for the sweet spot. The Cable Guy goes one step further and completely reconfigures Steven's apartment for optimal cable reception. After an uncomfortable exchange he agrees to provide Steven with free premium channels and a friendship is formed. He invites Steven to check out the satellite dish with him the following day and the uncomfortable relationship begins.
As the two get deeper into their friendship Steven learns more about the Cable Guy, who goes by Chip Douglas, and his social inadequacies. Steven finds it a bit odd how much Chip knows about his life and his ex girlfriend Robin Harris (Leslie Mann). Chip sees a friendship opportunity with Steven if he can help get the two of them back together so he tries his best to provide his services.
Chip is introduced to Steven's friends in the outrageous basketball scene where Chip joins their pickup game. The group is not quite sure how to take Chip with his tight shorts, tank-top and mouth guard as Chip takes the game far too serious. Chip brings the game to a screeching halt when he jumps off of Rick's back for a power slam and breaks the backboard.
Unfortunately for the film it ends up taking a dark spin as Chip becomes obsessed with getting revenge against Steven and his evil side really shows. Chip is so upset with how Steven is ignoring him that he starts tampering with his relationships and his work life. When Steven puts the pieces together he decides to do some research on Chip and finds out more than he had bargained for. As suspected Chip ends up as messed up as the audience thought all along.
Unfortunately for Carrey the Cable Guy was not one of his best films. Carrey did an amazing job with his performance of Chip Douglas but there wasn't a great story behind his work. The Cable Guy has some brilliant comedy scenes but fails to put together a great storyline behind them.
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