- Jerry Maguire

Great movie.

Jerry McGuire is one of the few films that I'd give my five star rating, with great performances, and a well- written and intelligent thought provoking script I find myself stunned that this movie didn't win best picture or best actor at the Oscars.Tom Cruise in this film is a over-worked sports manager who has lost sight of what is important... after one of the players he is representing winds up the hospital the players kid asks him"Don't you think you should ask him to stop it's his forth concution." Jerry quickly blows off the kid by saying "no one can stop your dad" and gets back to talking on his cell-phone. The kid then, gives him the finger and walks off. This a life changing event for Jerry for he realizes he has turned into someone he no longer wants to be. He then writes "The Things We Were Afraid To Say Aloud" memo to his co-workers about how they should be representing there players. Jerry then gets sacked from his job and loses all of his players except the loyal Cuba Gooding Jr.- Rod Tillwell who stays with him through and through. Jerry then leaves his job with Renee Zwelleger a single-mom, who was inspired by Jerry's memo. They form there own branch of representation and secretly Renee gets attracted to Jerry especially since Jerry loves her son so much. Only problem Jerry can't commit despite the fact he married(just so he could be dad to her son). I won't give away the ending, but this is what a romantic comedy should be not over the top and funny.Finally a romantic comedy that really is a comedy-One of my favorite lines is "After two bottles of wine and a bad pizza I suddely grew a conscience."Or the hilliarous "Show me the money!" sceneOr Jerry's major blow-up as he leaves the office. Those scenes still make me laugh each time I watch them.The actors are what made this movie deserve high stars. Cuba got a well-deserved Oscar for his hilliarous yet thoughtful character. And Tom Cruise as most times is fabulous as Jerry McGuire he really made this whole movie.I find myself falling in love with him each time I see this movie... and in this one girls you see that wonderful cocky sweetness he brings to the screen. And the little boy in this is nothing short of precious.Don't wait click the buy now button on your computer and own one of the best romantic comedies ever made! This is one to have in your collection.

Loved this movie just as much as many years ago

Enjoyed

I loved this movie. I just rewatched it, after seeing it probably eight years ago.First of all (confession), I love almost all Tom Cruise does in his movies. This movie is a great one, too, in terms of his character.Lots of good and interesting characters in this movie: Renée Zellweger, Bonnie Hunt, Renée’s son, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Jay Moor.This is a good story line, too. I usually hate sports movies, even though I was a college athlete. This is usually because they show the sports stuff, and actors look to be below high-school-level competing in sports. If you're a musician, it’s like seeing an actor “playing an instrument” in a movie. They don’t even move their fingers (or bows) at the right times! Sports’ action is staged, and not filmed well. This movie does a good job with the limited number of actual sports scenes it shows. It’s much more real, and some may be.I think this is top two in sports movies for me, because though it’s related to sports [Jerry Maguire is a sports agent for Cuba’s character (who’s an NFL wide receiver)], it’s really about Jerry Maguire and Renee’s character, Dorothy. The sports stuff is just in the background. That means it’s not an underdog-sports movie with a big victory scene in the end, like most sports movies. It’s really, in contrast, a movie about a man who develops as a person. The character, Jerry, develops through the movie as a person. And that’s satisfying. In this sense, it’s like Tom Cruise’s role in Rainman. You get to see his character develop and change over the course of the movie.

Cameron Crowe's JERRY MAGUIRE is a rarity: a romantic film with an NFL setting. The picture's most memorable line, "You had me at 'hello," belongs to Miss Zellweger, with Mr. Gooding's "Show me the money!" a close second. This near-perfect blend of comedy and drama is enhanced by an extensive and varied music track, fine acting and unusual sports figure cameos.Here, super-agent Jerry is fired from the company he helped found for publishing a mission statement that stresses providing more personal attention to a smaller roster of star athletes. Dorothy Boyd is struck by the beauty of Jerry's message. She quits her accconting job at the same firm and together Jerry and she set out to conquer the sports agency world, starting with a single client, little-used wide receiver Rod Tidwell. The undersized Rod has a head almost too big for his helmet. He wants the Arizona Cardinals to pay him several million more than the team's owner thinks he's worth.Jerry likes the widowed Dorothy a great deal and he totally loves her precocious six-year-old son, Ray. When Dorothy plans a move to San Diego, the matrimony-phobic Jerry asks her to marry him. It soon becomes obvious that as a husband he's a great sports agent. Jerry must simultaneously deal with a rapidly deteriorating marriage, his inability to sign new clients and Rod's demands for a long term contract from the Cards.Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll ratings.(7.2) Jerry Maguire (1996) - Tom Cruise/Cuba Gooding Jr./Renée Zellweger/Kelly Preston/Jay Mohr/Bonnie Hunt/Jonathan Lipnicki/Glenn Frey/Donal Logue/Beau Bridges (cameos: Al Michaels/Dan Dierdorf/Frank Gifford/Drew Bledsoe/Katarina Witt/Mel Kiper/Drew Rosenhaus/Art Monk/Richie Kotite/Troy Aikman/Warren Moon/Kerry Collins/Dallas Malloy)

Utilisation personnelleProduit très rare à trouver en dvd classique ( non Blu-ray et en raison de la date de sortie)

スポーツ選手の代理人として所属チームとの条件交渉や他チームへの移籍、広告宣伝プロモート等を担う“スポーツ・エージェント” を描いた1996年公開の米国映画で、主演のトム・クルーズや助演のキューバ・グッティング・Ｊｒを始め、作品、脚本、編集でアカデミー賞５冠を獲得した隠れたヒューマンドラマの秀作。人の良いトム・クルーズはいつも通りだが、会社を首になり恋人にも逃げられると言うかなり痛い役柄で、生真面目さと軽薄さとハッタリとが混在する小市民的な主人公が意外に似合っているのが面白い。加えて、トムを追い掛けて大手エージェント事務所を辞めるシングルマザーの会計担当ドロシー役は、後の「ブリジット・ジョーンズの日記」シリーズで人気を博し、「コールド・マウンテン」でアカデミー助演女優賞を獲るレネー・ゼルヴィガーが努めた。この三人の演技力は、破天荒だけど真摯に生きようとする登場人物達をいきいきと輝かせ、困難な壁を乗り越えていく姿に観客は拳を握って共感し、大いなる勇気を貰えるのだ。実はストーリーの起伏はそれほど劇的ではないし、エージェントの内幕話も前半でお腹一杯になる。選手をパートナーと見て接するか、金儲けの道具として使うか、理想主義とビジネスの現実のどちらを選ぶべきかの選択肢は観客にとってはお約束過ぎる筋書きなので、そこには余り新鮮さは無い。むしろ後半の「理想を追う代償とそれを乗り越える心の葛藤」こそが本題だ。辞めたエージェント会社との選手の奪い合い、経済力とステータスが主目的だった恋人との別れ、過去の名声への未練の中で、自らの信念や自信を失い、荒れるトムの姿はとても人間的で等身大なのだ。日本では最近のＳＭＡＰ解散が参考になるだろうが、会社の看板で仕事をしていた甘えを絶ち切る事は実は並大抵ではない。特に同業者ライバルに回る時の仕打ちは意趣返しより更に苛烈だ。信念を貫く事には強い精神力が必要で、支える家族や仲間の存在こそ本当にかけがえないと身に染みる。演出は全体的に少しアッサリしているが、迫真の演技とセンス抜群の台詞、真の愛情のカタチとコメディ要素がツボに嵌まって、とても後味がよいのだ。人への信頼が、新たな絆と信頼を生み、更には奇跡を起こす。多様な価値観や新たな働き方が問われる現代における仕事の在り方に一石を投じた本作は、特に若手社員には最良の教科書でしょう。社畜に落ちない為にも、自分なりの倫理観を養うに越したことはない。周囲の人間との付き合い方にも通じる隠れた秀作です。

This is not a romantic comedy, so much as a fantastically moving drama about the real meaning of success.Jerry McGuire is the guy who has it all - the big career as a hot shot sports agent, the admiration of many, the dazzling smile, the trophy fiance. But when he acts from the heart in a moment of inspired madness, all of his glittering prizes fall away. He quickly discovers there is no loyalty in either his professional or personal life, but by the end of the movie he triumphs and finds love and loyalty once more, this time the genuine kind.My favourite scenes are those immediately after Jerry has been fired without warning by a backstabbing boss at his sports agency. He races back to the office, falling flat on his face in front of gossiping colleagues aware of his demise, then shows his mettle in a series of increasingly desperate phone calls to clients, trying to persuade them to leave the agency and come with him.When he finally emerges, sweaty and battle scarred into the silent, open plan office, he holds his head high under the scrutiny of the entire workforce. He invites staff to join him in starting a new company, based on good ethics, and he starts by decanting the office goldfish into a plastic bag, announcing 'These goldfish have manners - they're coming with me'.Jerry's strength and dignity after his humiliating and public sacking, is to my mind the most moving scene in the movie - and there are many! This will strike a chord with anyone who has experienced the rough end of office politics. His fightback is tough and compelling to watch.The romantic sub plot is moving and believeable, with Renee Zellweger perfect as the sweet single parent who falls head over heels for Jerry. The ups and downs of their relationship flesh out the major themes of the movie.Writer/Director Cameron Crowe could have happily retired after this movie, knowing his work was done. 'Jerry McGuire' is that rare thing, a modern classic and a movie many others would have loved to have made. Cuba Gooding Jnr as Jerry's prime client is superb and he richly deserved his Academy Award. But it is baffling that Tom Cruise didn't also pick up an Oscar for his astonishing performance. A movie that should be in everyone's collection.

Tom Cruise is such a good actor, and Renee Zellweger really shines here. Such an enjoyable film you can sit back and watch. One of my go-to films to cheer me up, strangely.

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