Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Renée Zellweger
Kelly Preston
Jerry O'Connell
Jay Mohr
Regina King
A desperate man trying to make it on his own, a love story waiting to
happen, movie lines that have stood the test of time, and an egotistic maniac.
Cameron Crowe has a masterpiece waiting to explode on your TV screens. If you
have not been fortunate enough to have seen Jerry Maguire already, then I
advise that you go see it now.
Written, produced and directed by Cameron Crowe, Jerry Maguire was
received with a number of accolades, one being Best Supporting Actor for Cuba
Gooding Jr. in the Academy Awards, Chicago Film Critics Association, Screen
Actors Guild and Satellite Awards.
The movie launched Renée Zellweger into the limelight, and it is one of
the best-written movies I have ever seen. Jerry Maguire spawned several popular
quotations, including "Show me the money!", "You complete
me", "Help me help you", and "You had me at 'hello'".
These lines are largely attributed to Cameron Crowe.
The great thing about Jerry Maguire will be unique to each viewer. Is it the
trust bond between Jerry (Tom Cruise) and Rod (Cuba Gooding Jr.), or the love
between Rod and Marcee (Regina King), or the romantic story between Jerry and
Dorothy (Renée Zellweger)? Whatever it is that you like, the movie is full of
it.
Here is the plot. Jerry is a sports agent who develops a moral epiphany
one night, which leads him to write it all down. Still fired up, he goes ahead,
prints it, and sends it to all the staff in his workplace. He gets fired for
expressing it and decides to put his philosophy to the test as an independent
agent.
He tries his best to keep his clients, but only one stays with him, Rod
Tidwell, an ego maniac. It all seems rosy at first, and then it all goes
downhill for Jerry.
He then realizes what mattered most in life.
Before Jerry Maguire, Cuba was known for his movie Boyz n the Hood,
where he played Tre. He was also in A Few Good Men with Tom Cruise. Cruise,
however, was coming off a breakthrough role in his movie Mission Impossible, to
star in this one, which is on par with MI.
The thing that does not work in this movie is that it comes of
predictable in some places, and there were times I felt the pacing dropped when
the movie was trying to build the drama in the middle.
After Jerry Maguire, both actors have grown to be well-known names in
the movie industry, with Tom sticking to high rollers and Cuba staying with
direct-to-DVD releases from 2009 to 2011.
This movie is a must-see, so don’t chicken out, go to the nearest store and pick up this DVD.
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