Brilliant take on the Hollywood romance genre

Rating: 10/10 (26 January 2002)

Sweet but not overly sentimental,comical yet at times a real tearjerker, are the only words that describe ''Jerry Maguire''. Not since ''American Beauty'' has a film managed to touch me in such a gentle and profound way. While ''Jerry Maguire'' may be the Hollywood fabrication of real life, the brilliant Cameron Crowe is there to insure that it doesn't fall and squirm in the trash can which is usually the case with Hollywood romances. ''Jerry Maguire'' packs even more heart than Crowe's earlier film ''Say Anything...'' and even more attitude than ''Almost Famous''. It's one movie that won't make you go back to the box-office and demand ''Show me the money''.