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Jerry Maguire
 
Starring: Tom Cruise, Cuba
Gooding Jr. , Renee Zellweger
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Rated R
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Synopsis: A high profile
sports agent is fired, and he starts his own company, but he can only
convince one of his sports stars to come with him, and one employee to
come work for him.
My Thoughts: While reading
the synopsis, this movie looks really bad. With tons of memorable quotes
and really good acting, this movie is very highly recommended.
Scorecard
Acting- Tom
Cruise gives his best performance since Top Gun, Renee Zellweger gives her
breakthrough performance that makes her a star, and Cuba Gooding Jr. gives
an academy award winning performance for best supporting actor. These
three carried this movie, and if you really enjoy watching a movie just
for acting, this one is it. (1)
Direction-
This movie started off a little slow, but it really picked up, it was
directed where it really should have gone, but there were a few times
where it stalled a little, those times kind of hurt the quality of the
movie. (1/2)
Story-
The story really doesn't sound all that appealing. It's about a sports
agent, how exciting can that movie be? This movie was well written as a
romantic comedy, with some really good dialogue. (1)
Expectations- I
saw this movie after the Academy Awards. So it was hyped up a lot thanks
to the awards show. I was not disappointed, but it did not surpass my
expectations for it. (1/2)
Boring?-
This category always hurts movies. With a running time of 140 minutes or
so, this movie has lots of down time, but with some really good writing,
it helped the movie move along. But there were some parts that dragged
just a little, and those parts were right in the middle of the movie,
where you really don't want the story to drag too much. (1/2)
Final Score: 3
1/2 out of 5
Final Thoughts: This movie is
known for the quotable lines, such as "Show me the money" and
"You complete me" and "You had me at hello", great
writing from the screenwriters. This is a very enjoyable movie, and if you
love watching great acting, see this movie, you will not be let down in
the acting department!
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