You had me at Jerry...

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2005)

Every person is probably bound to have to take a look at his/her life at some point or other. Movies often like to use this as a plot, but not all pull it off. "Jerry Maguire" manages to pull it off. As the sports writer title character, Tom Cruise makes the most of himself (something that he too often doesn't do). Fired from his job, he hooks up with single mom Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger), and goes through a further life-changing experience.
It's hard to say who has the best role in this movie. Without a doubt, Cruise and Zellweger do very well in their roles - Zellweger was clearly showing the talent that she would later bring to "Chicago" and other movies. Cuba Gooding Jr. won Best Supporting Actor for his role as athlete Rod Tidwell. The imperfect but assertive Tidwell is a hard character to qualify, which is part of what makes him so interesting. Maybe "Jerry Maguire" wasn't the year's best movie, but I wholeheartedly recommend it. You'll never look at things the same way again.