Jerry McGuire (1996)

I saw a beautiful movie for the second time; once about 10 years ago and again today, it was about a sport agent Jerry McGuire (1996) played by Tom Cruise representing his one client Rod Tidwell played by Cuba Gooding Jr.  Jerry McGuire grew a conscience in an ultra-competitive sport industry where “I love you” is something similar to “here’s to you”.  Renée Zellweger played Dorothy Boyd, single mother and Jerry’s co-worker; moved by Jerry’s moral and simple honesty in a dishonest industry she left her job as a sign of support for the ideological Jerry.  It’s a genuine love story hidden by greed and the responsibilities of life – something similar to the loss of innocence and simplicity as life wears down a burdened soul.

This movie makes me ponder as all good movies tend to do – how naive of us to think we could tread our own path when the norms and reality is so complex and so different? How can anyone allow our genuine self to break free; to live? Our thoughts and actions define who we are and perhaps over time if we feed ourselves a notion of what the world needs us to be, for the success of it, how do we know if left on our own device, without the constant pressure, we will allow our own unique soul to blossom?  I really like the movie because the story is full of interesting characters played by many inspiring actors. I saw this movie for the second time – I appreciated more – better than the first.

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