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Chuck & Buck
Why this pick
An awkward reunion becomes a darkly comic study of arrested adulthood and boundaries. Its uncomfortable humor stays close to a character whose need for connection keeps turning alarming.
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MOVIE1996 1h 36m USA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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The Voices
Why this pick
Candy-colored visuals and an isolated, desperate-to-belong lead create a deliberately disorienting mix of sweetness, absurdity, and darkness, echoing The Cable Guy’s cheerful surface over real unease.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
After a failed marriage proposal to his girlfriend Robin Harris, Steven M. Kovacs moves into his own apartment. Taking advice from his friend Rick, Steven bribes cable guy, Ernie "Chip" Douglas, to give him free movie channels. Chip gets Steven to hang out with him the next day and makes him one of his "preferred customers".
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jim Carrey
Cable Guy
Matthew Broderick
Steven M. Kovacs
Leslie Mann
Robin Harris
Jack Black
Rick
George Segal
Steven's father
Diane Baker
Steven's Mother
Ben Stiller
Sam Sweet / Stan Sweet
Eric Roberts
Eric Roberts