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Jerry Maguire

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Jerry Maguire (1996)

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Reviews Counted:56

Fresh:47

Rotten:9

Average Rating:7.4/10

Consensus: Anchored by dazzling performances from Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Renée Zellweger, as well as Cameron Crowe's tender direction, Jerry Maguire meshes romance and sports with panache.

Runtime: 2 hrs 19 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: What happens when a man tries to apply moral standards to his job in an industry of greed? He gets fired. Tom Cruise plays Jerry Maguire, a slick sports agent who realizes that he hates how he is... What happens when a man tries to apply moral standards to his job in an industry of greed? He gets fired. Tom Cruise plays Jerry Maguire, a slick sports agent who realizes that he hates how he is living his life and encourages his fellow employees to get back to the important basics: people, loyalty, and fairness. Unfortunately, Maguire's new moral compass costs him his job, and he is left to start his business anew with one work ally, agency accountant Dorothy Boyd (Renée Zellweger), and his least important client, Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding, Jr.). Maguire embarks on a journey of personal growth that forces him to reevaluate his life choices and ultimately leads him to both friendship and love. Like his earlier films, SAY ANYTHING and SINGLES, this award-winning Cameron Crowe film features snappy dialogue, comic relief, and the occasional tear-jerking moment. Stellar performances are turned in from Cruise, Zellweger, and Gooding, Jr., as well as supporting cast members Bonnie Hunt, Jay Mohr, Regina King, and Kelly Preston. [More]

Starring: Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger, Cuba Gooding, Jonathan Lipnicki

Starring: Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger, Cuba Gooding, Jonathan Lipnicki, Bonnie Hunt, Kelly Preston, Jay Mohr, Jerry O'Connell, Regina King, Drake Bell

Director: Cameron Crowe

Director: Cameron Crowe
Screenwriter: Cameron Crowe
Producer: James L. Brooks, Cameron Crowe, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai
Composer: Nancy Wilson

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Even Cruise can't capsize Cameron Crowe's entertaining romantic drama.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
07/31/08
Channel 4 Film
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Director Cameron Crowe has written and directed a deft, funny, shamelessly upbeat romantic comedy and to top it all drawn out the finest performance of Tom Cruise's career.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Empire Magazine
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Lauded as a witty moral fable with a revelatory performance from its star, this romantic comedy is in fact meretricious, manipulative and reactionary.

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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competently made parallel plotted film whose buddy sports film elements outshine its rom-com aspects.

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07/02/09
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

"Jerry Maguire" doesn't stop until it shows you the quan.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
10/15/06
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

One of those tempting sugar confections you devour halfway through before recognizing the strange new taste sensations at the center.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
N/R

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Boston Phoenix
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Jerry Maguire ranks among the precious few films that manage to invoke the full spectrum of human emotion while appearing neither contrived nor insincere.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
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Wade Major
Wade Major
Boxoffice Magazine

Cameron Crowe, Tom Cruise, and Cuba Gooding Jr. are salesmen, and we're consumers, buying emotional truth. That's a brave message for a commercial film to have. Too bad it's unintentional.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

There are a couple of moments in Jerry Maguire when you want to hug yourself with delight.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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One of the things I liked best about this movie is the quality of the women's characters.

Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer | comment Comment
10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

Director Cameron Crowe nearly fumbles the ball with an overabundance of situations and subplots, but is rescued by the starpower of his actors.

Full Review Source: Cinematter | comment Comment
01/01/00
Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

Surely the film could have been shorter, but this unabashed Hollywood exercise tricked me into liking it.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
07/22/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

It talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk. Or, in other words, it simply doesn't have heart.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

You may come away from Jerry Maguire feeling a little dizzy, but once the film settles into afterthought, it provides plenty to think about.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
01/01/00
Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News

It's not coincidental that writer-director Crowe (Singles,Say Anything...) is also in top form, creating a raft of sweetly believable characters and complex relationships.

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01/01/00
E! Online
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Disingenuous

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04/22/02
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

Crowe deserves a pat on the back if not an Oscar nod for saying what everyone is thinking.

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04/17/02
Leslie Rigoulot
Leslie Rigoulot
Film Scouts

Gooding does his finest work since Boyz N the Hood, positively glowing with this character's mixture of engaging brassiness and (occasionally misdirected) energy.

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John Hartl
John Hartl
Film.com

Cruise has never been this open or this funny.

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Robert Horton
Robert Horton
Film.com
 
 
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