With
all of his clients stolen, and his recent fiancé, Avery,
desperate for Maguire's avenged success. His only support
is a goldfish and the loyal Dorothy Boyd from SMI, who
then helps him rebuild his new company. Jerry Maguire
then heads to Texas, desperate to save his contract with
football super-star, Bobby Kushman. Expected to go '#1'
in the draft, Maguire needs Kushman's contract, and loyalty,
in order to keep his new business and life afloat.
But
Kushman isn't Maguire's only client, and an equally desperate
yet defensive Rod Tidwell clings to Maguire in hopes he
can up his "crappy contract" and bring in more
of the "kwaa." But of course, Tidwell doesn't
remain on Jerry's side without some heavy groveling, some
major pride swallowing, and a few radical life perspectives
along the way for the new and improved maverick sports
agent.
As
NFL season ensues, the combination of Kushman's betrayal
and the officials' uncooperative stance on Tidwell's contract
bring Jerry to his knees. Desperate, Jerry solidifies
relations with Dorothy via a quick breakup with Avery
and a quicker proposal to Dorothy, whereby their professional
benefits can be trimmed into one, and, Jerry can enjoy
the sympathetic company of Dorothy's adorable son, Ray.
As
comedic one-liners and tangible characters bring to life
the depth and importance of some heavy moral accusations,
Jerry Maguire becomes the epicenter for all that revolutionary
vision stands for in avid protest of corporate America's
self-centered, robotic egocentricity, and empty lifestyle.
When all is said and done and the dirty football jersey
is stripped, is it really the paycheck or the family you
spend the paycheck on that matters most?
A
few poignant principles well document the film (compliments
of Dicky Fox), making their radical impact in parallel
to Jerry's equally revolutionary philosophies. At the
end of the day, "you can't sell anybody, unless you
love everybody," "you have to want to look at
each new day as a great challenge," and "you
have to love your wife, love your life," so that
you can "show them the money" and keep on rolling
with your happy life. "I wish you success as great
as mine" -Dicky Fox.
"Jerry
Maguire" is an amazing film that will revolutionize
the way sports lovers and common men look at the world
and their personal priorities. With much political and
cultural satire ensuing via the medium of comic relief,
and all things related to, by, from, and for money, "Jerry
Maguire" takes the typical man and makes him rethink
why he is living the way he is, and moreover, if he doesn't
like what he sees, what is he willing to do about it.
The film is about more than social, and particularly,
sports and political critiques, but rather, about the
human heart and our ability to block love as easily as
we can embrace it. Using the protagonist of Jerry Maguire,
a man great at loving everybody but his partner and himself,
the film will unveil a 360 revolutionary turnabout in
his character's thinking, and hopefully, in yours.
The
film will make you laugh, cry, yell, kick and scream,
and mostly, think. "Jerry Maguire" incorporates
humanity and forces audiences to taste its emotional extremes;
to see the trials and tribulations of professional and
personal life, and moreover, how, in the end, love conquers
all.
Main
Characters:
Jerry
Maguire, played by Tom Cruise, the big-time corporate
sports agent whose sudden strike of conscience manifests
a controversial memo and philosophy on agent-client relations
that will force him to go the good guy route alone.
Dorothy
Boyd, Renne Zelleweger, the high-strung 24 year old mother
whose desperate for a man, a life, and a new father for
her son.
Ray
Boyd, played by Jonathan Lipnicki, is the adorable eight-year
old whose eccentric factoids and loveable personality
play as much a part in making Jerry fall for Dorothy as
her own beauty.
Rod
Tidwell, played by Cuba Gooding Jr., is the middle-of-the-road
athlete with a head as big as his potential, but who loyally
stands by Maguire pending he can "show [him] the
money."
Marcy
Tidwell, played by Regina King, is the straight-forward,
give-me-no-lines, deal me no crap, loyal wife.
Bob
Sugar, as the back-stabbing, egocentric, selfish sports
agent mentored by, none other than the man he backstabs
and swindles into a clientless business, Jerry Maguire.
