Out of all of the directors, there are not many who can continuously blend comedy, drama, and intelligence into one single
script like Cameron Crowe. And
Jerry Maguire is a fine representation of that.
Tom Cruise stars as an emotionally torn sports agent who, after writing a memo outlining how the firm should be more concerned with their clients'' welfare than making money, is fired, dumped by his girlfriend, and forced to start over with only one client, a pompous football player (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) who is way too full of himself. Things are also interesting between him and his one employee (Renee Zellwegger), who are on the verge of taking their relationship to the next level.
There are only two things better than a movie with good acting, and those are a good script and an entertaining story. Jerry Maguire has both. While Cruise, Zellwegger, Gooding, Jr., and even little Jonathon Lipnicki shine in their respective places, the script dazzles, with mouthful after mouthful of hearty dialogue.