Jerry Maguire (1996)

Show me the heart! Show me the excitement! And most importantly, show me the MONEY! Tom Cruz plays Jerry Maguire, a high flying sports agents with access to the rich reservoir of the biggest and best acting talent in the world. But after a while Maguire begins to notices the darker side to sport and has a cathartic experience when talking a to a young boy angered by the fact that his father’s job keeps placing him in hospital, yet no one stops him because he still keeps making money. Tired of the injustice, Maguire sits at his desk one evening and decides to write a mission statement exposing the dishonesty in sport and ushering a new era in the sports agent business. However his mission statement ruffles a few feathers and his bosses send Maguire’s once protégé to fire Cruz and steal all his clients before he has a chance to talk to them. Maguire in retaliation and with a sense of betrayal decides to start up his own company, allied with just with one other employee in Dorothy Boyd (Renée Zellweger) and one client in Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), Maguire has to fight with all his gut, heart and wit to rise back to the top of the sports business the honest way and love the hard way. Packed to the brink of explosion with laugh out loud situations, awkward moments and engrossing acting, Jerry Maguire is a film guaranteed to put a skip to your steps, a smile to your face and a wow on your lips. Sure the film is centered on the life of a sports agent working with athletes, but trust me when I tell you this, Jerry Maguire is so much more than a mere sports film; it’s a film about loyalty, commitment, love and taking chances in life. But ultimately the biggest and best part of film and as in life also, is the people, the actors who are absolutely incredible! You have the astounding and electrifying performance from Cuba Gooding Jr, the tender and warmness of Renée Zellweger and fiery and passionate performance from Regina King. Acting talent simply doesn’t get any better! “Some dudes might have the coin, but they will never have the kawn…it means love, respect, community... and the dollars too. ”