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The Cable Guy

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November 30, 2020
Funny, good movie, but with a lot of sexual references
Common sense rating says no sex present, but there definitely is! Porno password, including joking about hiding an erection; “cream in his pants,” "knights get laid,” "he who hesitates masturbates," Steven has sex with a prostitute and after Chip tells Steven he can pay next time they discuss paying for sex. These are only a few of the sexual references from the movie. Usually Common sense errs on the conservative side (like rating a breastfeeding scene in Clash of the Titans as sexual), but this movie slipped through. For parents concerned about sex in movies watch this before you show your kids.
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May 4, 2023
Awesome
Violence 2/5 language 3/5
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March 20, 2021
Jim Carrey went dark in this movie
Sex 2/5
Violence 3/5
Language 2/5
Drugs alcohol and smoking 1/5
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March 8, 2021
Ehhh
Violence 1/5
Sex 3/5
Language 3/5
Drinking/Drugs/Smoking 0.5/5
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July 22, 2020
Dark and mature, but not terrible
Funny cautionary tale about television and neglect. Good acting, worth seeing once. Typical PG-13 language and lots of references to and jokes about sex. Jim Carrey is a lunatic embodying messed-up tv lifestyles, and Matthew Broderick is trying to get back together with his girlfriend after she kicks him out of their house. Includes a steamy scene between Broderick and a prostitute (fully clothed), which leads to implied sex. Adults drink and talk about drinking, but it's not really important to the plot and nobody gets drunk. Despite its suggestive and overall very dark themes there isn't anything graphic, but I would be uncomfortable watching this movie with kids.
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May 19, 2020
AMAZING!
Brilliant! Features a bit of swearing like 'son of a bitch'. A bit of sex. Lots of action, laughs and suspense. A couple of scary scenes
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January 8, 2019
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September 26, 2018
Hilarious but a lot of sexual innuendos not mentioned in the review
"Cream in his pants", "knights get laid", "he who hesitates masterbates" ... these are just some of the inappropriate lines from the movie. The rating said there was no sex present, however it failed to mention the sexual innuendos that were present throughout the movie. This all should have been mentioned for parents that are primarily concerned with sex in movies.
That being said, the movie is really funny. Great for teens!!
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September 25, 2018
One of my all time favirots
One of the best Jim carry performances and good directing, Great Movie/TV references galore, And great characters a specially the cable guy, Out of thousands of films I have seen, I have only given 3 films 10/10 and this is one of them, Plus cult classic
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August 18, 2013
You don't wanna get confused with what's real and what's nonrealalistic.
i thought it was a good movie but the problem with the movie is that you don't want your child getting to obsessed with tv . like the character Chip who wasn't even a real cable guy and thought that everything was a movie. the character Steven even tells him "this isn't a movie" . when Chip the villian is kidnapping Steve's gf Robin but it's still a good movie.