brilliantly happy and passionately inspiring

Rating: 7/10 (4 January 2002)

When I first saw this movie I just said `it was a great movie, but too pinkie'; then I saw it again, and I got out of the theatre thinking to myself `I'm in love'; now, every time I see it, I just thank heaven for not being a girl, or I would throw myself to the floor the moment Jerry enters the living room and would probably cry for at least 2 hours!  LOL
Funny, touching, really human, through this film Crowe illuminates us with his vision about the world and the human being and relationships, no matter how hard life may look like. He could well be a good defendant of Frank Lloyd Wright's motto:
`Beauty is just the brilliance of Men's light'
Jerry Maguire is, above all, a great Cameron Crowe film, filled with happiness, energy, passion and talent, that touches all the romantic people in the world, as well as all others, I believe.
When we see Tom Cruise looking at Zellwegger and saying: `That's more than a dress. That's an Audrey Hepburn movie', we just gotta feel immensely in love.
Another really important aspect, that is starting to brand Cameron Crowe, is launching great actresses; in `Almost Famous' we finally see Kate Hudson, who only had minor parts to date, suddenly going to the Oscars and almost wining one; and here, in `Jerry Maguire', Renée Zellwegger has a great performance and jumps for the stars!
If this `Jerry Maguire' has something wrong, then it is definitely timing; if it had been done 20 years ago, in the 80's, or maybe even much earlier, about 40 years sooner, then today many would be calling it a classic. I believe in 20 or 30 years many of us will be saying, remembering it:
-Oh, Jerry Maguire! a great film! Really a classic of love, hope and happy ending. Gotta see that, grandson!
;)RIC