Jamie Foxx is making the "Tom Hanks Metamorphasis" from comedy to drama and doing a very good job!

Rating: Null/10 (6 August 2004)

I was definitely blown away (no pun intended) by this movie. Michael Mann's name is written all over this film! He is still one of the most stellar director's on the planet! I loved all the underlying messages in the movie. Seeing wolves in the movie was symbolic of both Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx being "Lone Wolves" and the fact that Jamie had to have everything perfect was symbolic of the relationship between he and his mother (a "not-so-perfect" relationship). Jada Pinckett-Smith also did a great job in the short time she was in it. I loved the chemistry between Cruise and Foxx. It was just phenomenal!!! The interaction between Jada and Jamie was something that I felt had been lacking between african-american couples in movies because they are either portrayed as "kinky-jungle-animalistic" sexual beings or "urban dysfunctionals" being derived from "single-parent hovels" (no disrespect to single parents). It was refreshing to see them interact as just a man and a woman making pleasant conversation which could lead to a pleasant and mature relationship not to mention that he was her "knight in shining armour". I also caught the fact that even though Jamie's character (Max) was a perfectionist he saw that life wasn't as perfect as his own world and that he was going to have to cause a "shake up" in order to "shake off" the likes of Tom Cruise's character (Vincent). I also liked the fact that each hit that Jamie Foxx drove Tom Cruise to was different (dialog and all). Also let's not forget Irma P. Hall's performance as Jamie's mother (Ida) was stellar. Jamie Foxx is makeing the "Tom Hanks metamorphisis" from comedy to drama and doing a very good job!