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Actors: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Cable Guy |
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Steven is an architect, who is just moving into a new apartment after breaking up with his girlfriend, Robin. His television isn't working so he calls a cable guy, who makes him a preferred costumer. He is then following Steven everywhere and helping him with his love life. He is even sent to prison. When Steven tells the Cable Guy to leave him alone, he gets ready to ruin his life. This film starts out promising, but then drops down a lot. This film is terribly poor, and unfunny. Jim Carrey plays on a darker role then his lighter characters.
--Estefan Ellison, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Cable Guy |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of comedy
- adults acting eccentric
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- artist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- engineer
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- eccentric
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- unhappy
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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