just when I think Tom Cruise is done

Rating: 10/10 (3 May 1999)

Every time I watch a Tom Cruise movie, I compare it to my favorite one, Rain Man. Even though he wasn't the main character, I still feel that it is his best acting job. The closest he has ever come to that is Jerry Maguire. When I sat and watched this movie the first time, I kept thinking to myself, "This better be much better than 'Days of Thunder' or I'm walking out." Then within the first five minutes, I was hooked. Tom Cruise has some kind of magnetic charm over everyone in the world...it's scary. So that is my favorite aspect of the film, the acting. Next is Cameron Crowe. I thought that this movie was a little better than his previous work, Say Anything-which I love-and Fast Times At Ridgemont High-which is okay. The writing seemed to be very similar to Say Anything, with the monologues and the quick dialogue back and forth between characters...and of course the dramatic love scenes. I also loved the child, Jonathan Lipnicki...he was so cute. He is the kid that should be in every movie, but of course that is impossible. I wish that the movie would have been longer...or lingered more on the relationship between Jerry and Dorothy...I felt that that part of the movie went by way too quickly...but that is just me. Finally, I love the way the movie ends...it is one of those endings that makes you feel why they make movies anymore...besides, I know that I had you all, "at hello...I had you at hello."