Review of Jerry Maguire (1996) by Chris C — 10 Dec 2009

Tom Cruise is Jerry Maguire, a professional sports agent who one night realizes that something is wrong in his life and crafts a huge mission statement detailing his new philosophy. He quickly copies it and sends it to every employee, but it only ends up getting him fired.

So he strikes out on his own along with a single mother (Renee Zellweger) and a lone athlete (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and tries to keep things going in the light of harsh competition from his former job.

The movie went on to become Crowe's most successful probably because the deeply honest nature of its story and the excellent performances all around created a very entertaining movie, despite its 139 minute running time.