The Cable Guy (1996)

Will Everyone Stop Calling This A "Dark Comedy"?
While Jim Carrey in "Cable Guy" contains some twisted comedic attributes, the film is deserving of more than the categorical "dark comedy" (say "limited appeal") so routinely attributed to it. The premise of a cable installer devoid of friends manipulating a customer into his life should be absurd enough to remind people to lighten up. There's nothing menacing or dark here unless you are witless and unaware that it's a send-up of those elements. This is far from the one-skit-fleshed-into-a-movie comedy premise so many films are guilty of.

While I don't want to overstate that this film is some kind of perfect masterpiece, it's certainly a much much better comedy than the off-putting "dark comedy" reputation that precedes it.

More adult oriented comedy than his previous, more succesful ones
I laughed so hard and really admired Carrey's performance. I didn't like the Ace Ventura movies although I liked the Mask. Carrey created a dark, lonely man who causes trouble for Matthew Broderick's character. Without going into details I found this to be very entertaining. There is the classic Star Trek episode battle parady. There's nothing graphic, but the themes are very adult so I would only recommend that older teens see it. Very underrated and it deserved better box office results.

Incorrect aspect ratio listed
Amazon's listed aspect ratio is 2.35:1 anamorphic. However, the aspect ratio shown on the back of the DVD case is 1.33:1.