A Supprisingly Warm Hearted Comedy

Rating: 10/10 (30 September 2011)

Firstly I would like to say that when I first heard about this movie I wasn't excited at all about seeing it. A sports agent that grows a conscience, gets fired and has to rebuild his career and most importantly his life, I thought I was in for a boring couple of hours watching your typical sports drama but how wrong could I have been. It actually had very little to do with sports. It was a love story but again not your typical one. For me, it was all the different characters that made this film such as success. Tom Cruise has always been kind of an action figure in his movies which he's good at but for me, playing Jerry Maguire was by far his best work ever. He has brilliant timing and plays a character who's down on his luck so well, he should have got an Oscar for this but it's not only him that deserves credit. They all do. From Dorothy (Rene Zellweger) as the doting mum who falls hopelessly in love with Jerry even though she knows she shouldn't and her adorable son Ray who even as a small child, he even steals some of the scenes in this film. Also I loved Bonnie Hunt in this. This role definitely suited her as she plays the disapproving sister of Dorothy's. And of course, probably the main reason to watch this is to see Cuba Gooding Jnr as he plays the American football star Rod Tydwell and he is absolutely brilliant as both him and Tom work really well with each other. This film has everything. It will make you laugh, cry and will make you feel good and will always be remembered, not only for those famous quotes but for the characters as well. I think those casting agents should congratulate themselves on this one. Watch it, I know you'll love it