Jerry Maguire (1996)

Synopsis of Jerry Maguire

Combining drama, comedy, and romance, Jerry Maguire was a critical and commercial success built on an original script by writer/director Cameron Crowe and an Oscar-nominated performance by Tom Cruise. Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is an agent with a major sports management firm. He's enthusiastic, successful, a great negotiator and people like him. But it begins to dawn on Jerry that there's something wrong with what he's doing, and not long after a troubling encounter with the son of an injured athlete he represents, Jerry has a serious crisis of conscience. In the midst of a sleepless night, Jerry writes a memo calling on himself and his colleagues to think more about the long-term welfare of the clients they represent and less about immediate profits. While everyone around him applauds the sentiment, Jerry's superiors think his ideas are bad for business; Jerry is fired, and, rather than standing in solidarity with him, his "friends" in the firm scramble like sharks to claim Jerry's clients. At the end of his last day, the only people willing to join Jerry as he strikes out on his own are staff accountant Dorothy (Renee Zellweger), a single mother secretly in love with him, and Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a football player whose pride and arrogance have gotten in the way of his reaching his potential. Jerry Maguire earned an Academy Award for Cuba Gooding Jr.'s performance as Tidwell and provided a breakthrough role for Renee Zellweger; it also made "Show me the money!" an unavoidable catchphrase for several months. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Theatrical Feature Running Time:

139 mins

Director(s):

Cameron Crowe

Writer(s):

Cameron Crowe

Producer(s):

James L. Brooks, Richard Sakai, Cameron Crowe

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

R(Questionable for Children, Adult Situations, Profanity, Brief Nudity, Sexual Situations)

Categories:

Romance

• 1996 - Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Child Performance
• 1996 - Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Supporting Actor
• 1996 - Chicago Film Critics Association - Best Supporting Actor
• 1996 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
• 1996 - National Board of Review - Best Breakthrough Performance
• 1996 - National Board of Review - Best Actor
• 1996 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Supporting Actress (Runner-up)
• 1996 - Screen Actors Guild - Best Supporting Actor

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