Today, though, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Cable Guy, which rebounded from its lowly box office performance to become a cult classic.
Robotnik (see where it landed on the video game movies list).
SERVING UP SOME FUNNY MOVIE
Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Yes Man.Īfter a quiet decade pursuing personal hobbies and middling movie work, Carrey spin-dashed into the 2020s with Sonic the Hedgehog, playing iconic villain Dr. Of course, Carrey continued to crowd-please with slapstick like Fun With Dick and Jane, Bruce Almighty, Dr. Carrey began displaying this knack for drama more nakedly in serious projects like Man on the Moon, where he transformed into his comedy idol Andy Kaufman, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the most memorably melancholic romance of recent decades. Part of Carrey’s early enduring quality was a subtle sensitivity hiding beneath the flailing limbs and facial contortions, and the sudden pathos that could erupt from his oddball characters. Fret not: He sprung back in 1997 with Liar Liar, and The Truman Show in 1998. The comic book caper was the highest-grossing movie of the year… the same couldn’t be said about 1996’s The Cable Guy, Carrey’s first box office bomb. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective made over $100 million, and that was the lowest-grossing of Carrey’s comedies that year, behind Dumb & Dumber and The Mask.Īfter that breakout in 1994, Carrey was locked and loaded to be the manic centerpiece of 1995’s summer blockbuster event: Playing the Riddler in Batman Forever. If there was one thing I would preach to everyone I meet, it would be to make time to LAUGH. In her forward she explains part of the reason she has collected these funny stories. And that show helped make the man who would talk out of his ass on the big screen, to the delight of millions. Lisa DeMarco once again in Serving Up some Funny Leftovers has gathered together many remarkable jokes and stupid things people do that is another laugh out loud collection. It’s silly, it’s Fresh, and it helped Carrey land In Living Color.
But we doubt Jim Carrey looks back on the 1988 comedy with embarassment, and probably not his co-stars Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans, and Geena Davis either. courtesy Everett Collection) All Jim Carrey Movies Ranked by TomatometerĮarth Girls Are Easy sounds like one of those debased projects that occur either at the beginning of a career, out of naivete, or at the end of one, out of desperation.
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