Jerry Maguire (1997)

Tom Cruise and director Cameron Crowe have pulled off a hell of a trick. They've made a near-perfect date movie about sport. Well, kind of. The opening sequence reveals that Jerry Maguire (the character) is America's "hottest" sports agent, yet, happily, Jerry Maguire (the movie) contains only five minutes of the arcana that is American Football. You don't need to know your "wide receiver" from your elbow, and it won't matter if you think a "fumble" is something to do with breasts. Anyone should be able to enjoy this refreshingly unsentimental Hollywood comedy, which actually manages to say something meaningful about love, sex, family, ethics and - - urgh - - responsibility.

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