When I first saw this movie five years ago, I thought it would be boring, but man was I wrong. This flick has a point, and it really can pull at your emotional strings.

It starts off with sports agent Jerry Maguire (played by Tom Cruise) pushing a hockey player to keep playing even after his fifth concussion. The man's kid (a young boy) sees Jerry out in the hospital hall and promptly tells him where he can shove it. He then has a breakdown, followed quickly by an inspiring revelation. "Less money. Fewer clients." He writes a mission statement, and sends it out to everybody at his firm. Overnight he has grown a conscience and his life seems back on track, but he is fired.

Now the movie really begins, and I don't really want to give away anymore. His actions inspire a woman at his firm, Dorothy (played by Renee Zellweger). And Ron Tidwell (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.), a promising young wide receiver, and Jerry seem to feed off each other for inspiration and knowledge... all this powerful good feeling left and right.

Without the romantic story between Jerry and Dorothy, this movie still has a very moving story. Both "plots" in this movie are so strong, that neither could be called a subplot.

Crowe has an excellent talent for writing very realistic characters and dialogue. Cruise and Gooding Jr. both pull off stellar performances that won't soon leave my memory. And Renee Zellweger plays her part just right, so it's easy to fall in love with her, and understand why Cruise might...

Jerry Maguire was nominated for Best Picture the year it came out, and in my opinion, it was the more worthy candidate... it should have won. I doubt you'll leave this movie uninspired.

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