Not quite Almost famous, but still enjoyable.

Rating: Null/10 (27 July 2011)

Tom Cruise plays Jerry Maguire in, well, Jerry Maguire, an overrated but enjoyable film from the good but sometimes great Cameron Crowe. I wouldn't quite compare it to some of Crowe's other works, like Almost famous, but its still a heart felt, funny, and powerful film.
Jerry Maguire has a simple story: Jerry is a sports agent who is having a midlife crisis, pretty much. He has just gotten fired from his job, and has rebounded after he meets a girl(played with such cuteness by Renee Zellweger)and her son.
There are a ton of funny moments, and memorable ones, that will stay with you. I'm sure that nobody could forget,"You complete me". "Shut up... just shut up... you had me at hello". There are a lot of great performances also, such as Cruise, Zellweger, and Cuba Gooding Jr. in his Oscar winning role, as Jerry's client, a football star.
Jerry Maguire is a heartfelt dramady, but its not really that great. I'm sure that a lot of people would disagree, considering it was nominated for Oscars. But, to me, it's not up there with Almost famous. But what I like about Cameron Crowe is that all of his films have a heart(well, not Vanilla sky), but Singles, Say anything, Elizabethtown, Almost famous, so on and so on.
Crowe and Woody Allen are the only two directors in Hollywood who can capture good romantic comedy, though, I never saw Elizabethtown. So, for a romantic comedy, Jerry Maguire is a triumph. But I still don't love it.
B+
*Note* I have re-watched Jerry Maguire and it is now a great movie to me. It isn't and never will be Almost famous, but now I give it an A.