This doesn't complete me...

Rating: 4/10 (5 June 2012)

Tom Cruise is an actor I've never had much time for. He has a certain way of looking in situations that shock his characters that I never found realistic, and it borders on annoying. Also, I can't help but feel his career is slipping downhill in recent years.
Anyway, this is a review of 'Jerry Maguire' not Tom Cruise. This movie was fairly poor, for a few reasons.
Firstly, the acting fails to convince, Cruise gives a respectable performance and Gooding Jr, having seen him in two movies, gives the best performance of his career (but not Oscar worthy; how did that happen?) and Bonnie Hunt puts in a decent shift. It is Rene that unfortunately drags the movie down. Her character is overly vulnerable, to an almost caricature point, and I'm not sure if its down to the script or her, but she looked uncomfortable in the role. Combined with a weak and predictable plot, a overly long running time and several thoroughly annoying characters, this movie fails in just about every department.
You can do far worse than 'Jerry Maguire', but not worth the view