'SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!' Jerry Maguire

Advantages: Cameron Crowe knows what the audience wants, the cast deliver it
Disadvantages: A little too much cheese

...In 1996, director Cameron Crowe's film Jerry Maguire hit the screens, with the tagline 'Everybody Loved Him ... Everybody Disappeared'. It was nominated for 5 Oscars and is the story of ethics and 'doing the right thing', using the high-powerd financial world of professional sports in the US. It won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The Plot Jerry Maguire is the most admired sports agent in the business. Working for the company Sports Management International, every agent wants to be him, every sports agent wants to hire him. Then, it all goes wrong. Maguire has a sudden attack of morals, and loses everything. He gets the sack and then his clients start leaving him one by one until he is left with just one client, Rod Tidwell, a second string american football player for the Arizona Cardinals. With the help of Tidwell, single...

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Jerry Maguire - This Film will Complete You

Advantages: Drama/comedy -great acting performances
Disadvantages: None. Anybody can watch it. A MUST SEE!!!!!!!

...So far there have been no reviews that have been helpful concerning this film. I believe that a good review has to be given because this film is deserved of a well given mention. Jerry Maguire is perhaps the best film Tom Cruise has starred in. This star studded comedy drama also includes the cast of Cuba Gooding Jr, Rene Zellweger, and Jonathan Lipnicki. I watched this film when I was just 13 years old. Every time I watch it the more it appeals to me with a message. Now i want to spread the word of this cult classic film. Jerry Maguire is a sports agent. After a nervous breakdown he produces a mission statement, a book about how the business ethos of his profession has been destroyed and removed. He exclaims that there is too much dishonesty in his job and is the same for all sport's agents. This truth costs him his job, his...

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Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

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Sandman Genius! Tobey Maguire not that Great!

Advantages: Great story, brilliant effects - Sandman!!
Disadvantages: Bad Tobey Maguire is really bad...

...than average Spiderman movie that Tobey Maguire is not a particularly great actor. Although I haven't noticed it in the first 2 parts I think that this 3rd was a bit more challenging in terms of acting. I don't think that the audience really gets the bad spiderman. I really had laugh throughout the whole part when Peter Parker was supposely BAD. It was ridicolous! But in the end that was just a small part of the movie and since it was rather long it was a welcome laughing break. Possibly not the result they wanted to achieve. As conclusion: Do go and watch the movie in the cinema because nothing beats the special effects on that screen and it's cheaper than the DVD....

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Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

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Jerry Maguire - The personification of my life

Advantages: Emotional roller coaster, with hidden depth and provides much thought provoking material. It is a truly fantastic film.
Disadvantages: Does lose some focus in the middle with such a complex mix of characters and emotional values. An extra 20 minutes to capture the how and why they feel this way would not have gone amiss.

...I may be biased because "Jerry Maguire" is a film which encapsulates my life. I have a partner, I have a 'son' - not my own, and I love them both dearly and through this film I see the highs and lows of what I have been through in my life so far. However, detracting myself from this rather insular and detached viewpoint, "Jerry Maguire" is a remarkable exception to the proven principle that all movies with a sporting theme are over hyped, unadulterated babble, with little thought provoking value. Written and directed by Cameron Crowe, "Jerry Maguire" is similar in many ways to his earlier efforts, "Say Anything" and "Singles,? but grows into a more mature picture about honour, conduct and integrity. It sets an emotional tone with the opening narration. "I hate my place in the world," which Jerry (Tom Cruise) says as he recounts being...

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Jer-ry! Jer-ry! Jer-ry! (Maguire, that is).

Advantages: The acting is uniformly excellent.
Disadvantages: You might think the whole thing is ridiculous.

...A fable for the Nineties about a man who one night, suffers a crisis of morality, this is overall an effective piece of entertainment. Tom Cruise plays Jerry Maguire, a sports agent who decides to do more for his clients but when promptly tells the people with whom he works with about it, is invariably treated with fake applause and treated very quietly as a fool. It is only when he confronts Bob Sugar (a deliciously evil Jay Mohr) about his intentions, that his troubles start to get worse. Soon in a hilarious scene (and probably most discussed), he is forced in a race against time to save what remains of his clients. Of which in comes Rod Tidwell (a great performance from Cuba Gooding Jr.) which leads to him recruiting Dorothy Boyd (played by Renee Zellweger) into waht seems to be a doomed business venture when he seemingly has two...

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You Had Me At Hello

Advantages: Funny, heartwarrming
Disadvantages: Very long

...Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is a high flying sports agent with the world at his feet, he loves his job and his clients love him. If there?s a big new sports fan to be signed Jerry will be the one to sign him. Jerry isn?t without his flaws though, he?s never had a serious relationship and seems to string women along for the sake of sex. One night when Jerry has an epiphany about his nonchalant behaviour he decides he?s going to only concentrate on a select few clients at a time therefore enabling himself to put his heart and soul into getting them the best deals possible. However Jerry?s good deed doesn?t do him any favours with his boss and infact it ends with him getting the sack. Jerry decides to go it alone and set up his own sports agency but with only one client in the form of wise cracking football player Rod Tidwell (Cuba...

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Wicked, for wicked sister

Advantages: Very unusual, engrossing, definitely interesting
Disadvantages: I'll still prefer Buam

...About the Author: Gregory Maguire was born on June 9, 1954 in Albany, New York but it is mere accident that his mother Helen died during childbirth. He received his B. A degree from the State University of New York at Albany and completed his Ph. D in English and American Literature from Tufts University. He was a professor and co-director at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children?s Literature from 1979-1985. In 1987 he co-founded Children?s Literature New England. Married to painter Andy Newman has three adapted children. He and his family live in Massachusetts. Maguire is a distinguished author and writes for children and adults with equal aplomb. His first novel was published when he was barely 24 years old. He has written number of short stories and novels for both adults and children. He is also a contributor...

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Review of Wicked - Gregory Maguire

"You Complete me." Aww Bless

Advantages: Fresh dialogue, with some wonderful performances..
Disadvantages: A bit slow, running over 2 hours and the usual odd cliche.

...I LOVE this film and love being able to watch it again. I can only watch films again if they have some magic stand-out moments and ?Jerry Maguire? is no exception. Cruise shines in his role as ?Jerry? and moves even his most unenthusiastic fan (moi) with this gem of a performance. CAST >>>>Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, Cuba Gooding, JR, Bonny Hunt, Jerry O'Connell, Jay Mohr, Jonathan Lipnicki>>>> STORY >>>>>> Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is a superb Sports Agent, who excels at his job. Then one day while visiting one of his clients in hospital, Jerry has a moral dilemma when the client?s son chagrins him. The incident leaves Jerry plagued with moral ethics and this change inspires him to one night write a Mission Statement called "The Things We Think and Do Not Say: The Future of Our Business". The Statement criticises...

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