Jerry Maguire

"Everybody loved him... Everybody disappeared. The journey is everything."

1996 2h 19m EN

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★7.0TMDB · 3,905

ComedyDramaRomance

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Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.

“Everybody loved him... Everybody disappeared. The journey is everything.”

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Cast

Tom Cruise
Jerry Maguire
Renée Zellweger
Dorothy Boyd
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Rod Tidwell
Kelly Preston
Avery Bishop
Jerry O'Connell
Frank Cushman
Jay Mohr
Bob Sugar
Regina King
Marcee Tidwell
Bonnie Hunt
Laurel Boyd

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Cameron Crowe
Writers: Cameron Crowe
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.5× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

CAST

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278+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Cameron Crowe, shot by Janusz Kamiński. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nancy Wilson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Joe Hutshing shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Tom Cruise and Renée Zellweger and Cuba Gooding Jr. carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Cameron Crowe directs. Janusz Kamiński behind the camera. Nancy Wilson scores. Joe Hutshing cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 5.5× over at the box office.
330 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4278+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Cameron Crowe, shot by Janusz Kamiński. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Nancy Wilson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Joe Hutshing shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Tom Cruise and Renée Zellweger and Cuba Gooding Jr. carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Everybody loved him... Everybody disappeared. The journey is everything.".
10IMDB entry: tt0116695 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Janusz Kamiński
Original score: Nancy Wilson
Editing: Joe Hutshing
Production design: Stephen J. Lineweaver
Costume design: Betsy Heimann
Makeup / hair: Denise Fischer
VFX supervisor: Brad Kuehn
Sound: Doug Hemphill
Stunt coordinator: Allan Graf
Runtime: 139 min · 2h 19m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $50,000,000
Box office: $273,600,000
Return: 547% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Jerry Maguire (1996)

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

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Wuchak2021-06-18
★ 8/10
Leaving the fast lane of greed for friendship, love and… loyalty A quick-talking big-time sports agent (Tom Cruise) has an epiphany and swiftly loses his job with a big sports management corporation, but retains one loyal colleague (Renee Zellweger) and one outrageous NFL client (Cuba Gooding Jr). Can they rise from the ashes? Kelly Preston, Bonnie Hunt and Regina King are also on hand. Jerry Maguire” (1996) is equal parts spirited drama, romantic comedy and sports flick. It effectively illustrates how the fast-paced cutthroat world isn’t interested in inspiring, well-meaning truth, but that doesn’t negate the value of honest friendship, genuine love and, most of all, loyalty. It’s all-around ‘hip’ and entertaining, slowing down for the mid-section. But the last act drives everything home and is moving. It pretty much represents the best of the sometimes dubious genre (romcom). The film runs 2 hours, 19 minutes, and was shot in the Los Angeles area as well as the Phoenix/Tempe region of Arizona, including Lost Dutchman State Park just east of there. GRADE: A-
CinemaSerf2025-03-02
★ 7/10
“Jerry” (Tom Cruise) is a successful sports agent who spins the most outrageous yarns to his would-be clients in return for their business and could probably sell sand to a Bedouin. Then, well he has a bit of a brain freeze and decides to reveal some of the tricks of his trade to the great unwashed. All that does it get him canned, but not before he can rescue one client from his rapidly dwindling sources of employment. That is American football nonentity “Tidwell” (Cuba Gooding Jnr.). Now he’s a bit of a pratt, but is a decent and untypically loyal cove who is happily married to “Marcee” (Regina King) and he has potential for a $10 millions contract - if only he can knuckle down and show he has that elusive star quality that brings in the big bucks. Meantime, “Jerry” meets and falls head over heels with “Dorothy” (Renée Zellweger). They marry but we quickly discover that that’s not the adrenaline rush he is needing. Yep, he needs his bro-dance partner to get onto that ball park and do the business. This sees one of Cruise’s more natural performances as he delivers, initially at any rate, quite a compelling impersonation of a venal manipulator out to promise the moon. As the story moves along, though, his role is rather subsumed into a gloop of cheese that’s only really saved by an engaging and enthusiastic effort from a no holes barred Gooding who enters into the spirit of his character quite enjoyably. Zellweger has her moments too, but for the most part her character is consigned to a fairly predicable story arc that doesn’t really add much to what is essentially a story about loyalty and learning to appreciate what really matters in life. Well that, and a sock in the eye to the old boss too! It’s quite pithily scripted and whizzes along poking a little fun at the excesses of an industry that massively overpays for mediocrity, hype and is largely devoid of folks with too much soul.