Two different movies...

Rating: 4/10 (28 November 2001)

This movie basically has two different parts to it : the part at the beginning depicts Jerry Maquire as a low-life sports agent who will do anything to make money with his clients. The second half shows how he puts his life back together through a deep and enlightening relationship, after being fired. The problem is that the earlier part with him being the slimy sports agent is more interesting than the romance ! ...and that's a very big criticism considering the theme of this movie !
I would rather see more of Jerry Maguire as that slimy sports agent. That was the entertaining part of the movie (besides Cuba Gooding Jr., who is very entertaining in his role). The romance is just stale here. Also, in my opinion, the kid's appeal wears thin in about, oh, 5 seconds ?
Worth seeing once - but not twice.