Jerry Maguire (1996)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:47
Rotten:9
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Anchored by dazzling performances from Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Renée Zellweger, as well as Cameron Crowe's tender direction, Jerry Maguire meshes romance and sports with panache.
Runtime: 2 hrs 19 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: What happens when a man tries to apply moral standards to his job in an industry of greed? He gets fired. Tom Cruise plays Jerry Maguire, a slick sports agent who realizes that he hates how he is... [More]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger, Cuba Gooding, Jonathan Lipnicki
Director: Cameron Crowe
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Reviews for Jerry Maguire
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 71/100 |
competently made parallel plotted film whose buddy sports film elements outshine its rom-com aspects. Full Review |
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B- |
Tom Cruise is in top form playing Jerry Maguire, a slick sports agent with a heart. Full Review |
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Smartly written and boasting a sensational cast, Cameron Crowe's shrewdly observed third feature also gives Tom Cruise one of his very best roles... Full Review |
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There is a recognizable ordinariness about the way these people stumble in and out of trouble, in and out of grace -- an ambiguous note, at once tart and sweet, knowing and innocent, in their relationships. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Even Cruise can't capsize Cameron Crowe's entertaining romantic drama. Full Review |
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Cruise seems to have grown as much as Jerry, for he brings gentleness, warmth and lightheartedness to this role, qualities that we haven't seen since he played air guitar in his underpants in Risky Business 13 years ago. Full Review |
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 2/4 |
A meandering and deeply shallow tale of spiritual redemption, built around the Teflon persona of Tom Cruise and driven by the conviction that all emotions worth expressing can be summed up in pop songs. Full Review |
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4/4 |
"Jerry Maguire" doesn't stop until it shows you the quan. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Surely the film could have been shorter, but this unabashed Hollywood exercise tricked me into liking it. Full Review |
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Lauded as a witty moral fable with a revelatory performance from its star, this romantic comedy is in fact meretricious, manipulative and reactionary. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Both sides of the story, the sports and the romance, mesh well. Full Review |
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A- |
Tom Cruise give his best performance yet. Full Review |
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7/10 |
Exceptional. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
Disarming acting, colorful writing and true generosity of spirit keep it right on track. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Funny and warmhearted, this romantic comedy has it all: a gentle love story, crackling dialogue, social satire and uplifting themes. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Sports-agent epic about humanity in the face of commercialism still stands as Cruise's and Crowe's best work. Full Review |
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3/4 |
One of the things I liked best about this movie is the quality of the women's characters. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
It has a lot of charm and it's smarter than most Hollywood movies. It's terrific entertainment. Full Review |
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An engaging and full-tilt movie about how attention enhances both love and work. Full Review |
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10/10 |
This is one of my favorite movies of all-time. Full Review |
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