"Jerry Maguire", the awkward sports/romcom mashup that sometimes works. Sometimes.
I feel like Tom Cruise fits best here as a sports agent, his image aligning well with the hyper schmoozing salesman, but not as the romantic leading man. I say this as a recent convert, mostly due to his later work (you compare this to something like "Edge of Tomorrow" or "Maverick", they're two different actors).
Renée Zellweger on the other hand, she brings the luminescence. She's amazing and steals every one of her scenes. It's completely fair to say she does the heavy lifting on the romance side of things. Cuba Gooding Jr took a while but he grew on me.
What I didn't see coming was the cute kid, and that's who kept me going through the (inexcusably long) movie til the end. Jonathan Lipnicki is incredibly charming, but his character really got to me. When he was happy, I was happy. When he was heartbroken, I was shattered, and really wanted to hit Jerry Maguire in the face. But every scene had me hoping the kid would show up again, and if there's an MVP (c'mon, it's a sports movie) it's totally him.
I feel like Tom Cruise fits best here as a sports agent, his image aligning well with the hyper schmoozing salesman, but not as the romantic leading man. I say this as a recent convert, mostly due to his later work (you compare this to something like "Edge of Tomorrow" or "Maverick", they're two different actors).
Renée Zellweger on the other hand, she brings the luminescence. She's amazing and steals every one of her scenes. It's completely fair to say she does the heavy lifting on the romance side of things. Cuba Gooding Jr took a while but he grew on me.
What I didn't see coming was the cute kid, and that's who kept me going through the (inexcusably long) movie til the end. Jonathan Lipnicki is incredibly charming, but his character really got to me. When he was happy, I was happy. When he was heartbroken, I was shattered, and really wanted to hit Jerry Maguire in the face. But every scene had me hoping the kid would show up again, and if there's an MVP (c'mon, it's a sports movie) it's totally him.