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Jerry Maguire
Synopsis
As a top agent at Sports Management International, Jerry Maguire knows his way around and is his own man... until one day he gets an attack of decency and finds himself out of a job. Now he must start from scratch... his only allies - a single mother, her cheeky young son, and a second rate player for the Arizona Cardinals.
Review
Jerry Maguire, the film that launched the careers of writer-director
Cameron Crowe and actress Renée Zellwenger, is accurately regarded
as one of the best romantic comedies of the 1990s. It's an unconventional
tale about the paradoxical nature of success in which a top sports agent
(Tom Cruise) is forced to reassess his life when he is unceremoniously
dumped by his employer. After falling in love with single mother Dorothy
Boyd (Zellwenger), and supported by loyal client and second-rate football
star Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), Maguire attempts to rebuild his fractured
life.
At times the film's lightweight, pop-sociology view of the hungry nature
of the modern day workplace is clichéd to say the least. However,
because Crowe is able to develop meaningful characters, his contradictory
lunges against capitalism are submerged by the excellent performances
of Cruise and company. There are also top notch supporting roles from
Zellwenger's screen son Ray (child star Jonathan Lipnicki) and dictatorial
older sister Laurel (Bonnie Hunt).
Languages
English, German