Romance is fine, but since it's the 90's, let's get rid of the racial stereotypes.

Rating: 4/10 (27 July 1999)

I was almost unable to follow the plot of the film, due to the ridiculous court jester-type character played by Cuba Gooding, Jr. He was the only significant minority character in the film, whose purpose I completely missed, because I was distracted by the singing, dancing, and obnoxious behavior that has been stereotypical for black americans in film and theatre since the genre's very existance. Not to mention, the film housed yet another case of the sports world being one of the only avenues to black success. In many cases, some of the world makes general assesments of minorities through film because they don't take the time or feel it is necesssary to learn much about others through personal contact, if they aren't forced to.
Personally, I feel a film like Jerry McGuire with such stereotypical undertones, adds on to those second and third hand assessments. I