I, for some reason or another, always wanted to watch this movie but never got to it. It is, as I write this, thirteen years after the film was released. The reasons I wanted to see it are easy enough to defineâ€"in 1996, I was twelve years...
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I, for some reason or another, always wanted to watch this movie but never got to it. It is, as I write this, thirteen years after the film was released. The reasons I wanted to see it are easy enough to defineâ€"in 1996, I was twelve years old and, obviously, crazy about those zany comedies that Jim Carrey was in (and nearly every memberâ€"both great and forgettableâ€"of sketch shows like In Living Color and that awful stretch of Saturday Night Live were in). It was a humor that was aimed at my demographic and, let's face it, the marketing worked; for thirteen years friends and associates have quoted this flick and I've known where said quotations have come from, but had never actually seen it.

Why did I end up watching it? I have no idea. At this point in my life my tastes run more to the Wes Anderson end of the spectrum than the early-to-mid-90's goofball comedy. But for some reason I found myself drawn to it, again and again, and never seeing itâ€"adding it to my Netflix queue, say, and then burying it under all the other things I wanted to see.

So, after finally getting to it, I can't say that my life is genuinely richer for having seen it. I also can't say that I didn't find myself smirking through the entire thing, though; remember those days when Jim Carrey hadn't ever produced a film that made us stop, think, reflect, care? In those helcyon days of yore before Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, let alone The Truman Show? He was made of elastic, back then, and all directors (including Ben Stiller on this picture) felt the need to give us extreme closeups on him, from varying and unsettling angles.

What I love about watching movies from this era is picking out the people in them that, as of the time the films were released, didn't fully have careers. In this movie alone we've got both David Cross and Bob Odenkirk, whose 'Mr. Show' had only begun airing the year prior to this film but who had both been on The Ben Stiller Show earlier on. There's both Jack Black and Kyle Gass (both parts of Tenacious D), Stiller's longtime friend Owen Wilson, and even cameos from BSS co-stars Janeane Garofolo and Andy Dick. Such a smattering of talent, most of which had yet to be fully noticed.

Very Underrated and Enjoyable, Jim Carrey at his best with one of his best performances.

A highly underrated comedy film. I can understand that Carrey's role shocked a large amount of audiences but this is actually a funny film.

Second-worst "flinch" ever!

i think ben stiller should stick to acting but still a good movie

Jim carrey is great once again in this fantastic movie, i was shocked at the poor reviews this film got when it first came out. its one of my fav jim carrey movies. I have this film on DVD and have watched it loads of times.

A dark movie, funny, enjoyable.

A very weird movie starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick. A dramatic comedy that depicts the twisted life and lifestyle of a misunderstood cable guy who never seemed to be accepted of loved. He always wanted to be appreciated and have friends...
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A very weird movie starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick. A dramatic comedy that depicts the twisted life and lifestyle of a misunderstood cable guy who never seemed to be accepted of loved. He always wanted to be appreciated and have friends but nobody would come close enough to befriend him. When Steven befriends him out of pity, he discovers what a weird sense of humour he has and what a twisted life he leads. He is involved with criminals dealing with stolen property and he installs illegal cable. He just wants to be accepted, wants to be one of the group and wants to have a good time just like everybody else.

A very dark comedy, but somehow very enjoyable in some sort of way. I enjoy most of the movie and I think that Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick together have a lot of chemistry and really know how to do it. However, the dark comedy in this film is...
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A very dark comedy, but somehow very enjoyable in some sort of way. I enjoy most of the movie and I think that Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick together have a lot of chemistry and really know how to do it. However, the dark comedy in this film is very strange and that kind of takes it away some emotion. It was good nonetheless.