Jerry Maguire

An unlikely candidate for Oscars all around, this amiable story of an idealistic sports agent (Oscar-nominated Tom Cruise) who tries to start a new agency with one client (the Oscar-winning, charmingly irrepressible Cuba Gooding, Jr.) and find true love (Renee Zellweger) has some great moments. Oddly, they don't happen between Cruise and Zellweger--whose scenes left me more bored than an end-of-another-losing-season Seahawks game--but Tom and Cuba (and now I'm getting all choked up again just remembering). Some good writing, great laughs, and Gooding's heartfelt performance will make you want to show your favorite distributor the money and buy a few copies of this sell-thru priced treat. (R. Pitman)[Blu-ray Review—Sept. 16, 2008—Sony, 138 min., R, $34.99—Making its first appearance on Blu-ray, Jerry Maguire boasts a fine transfer with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 sound. The bonus features on this release are nearly identical to those on the standard DVD release, including audio commentary by director Cameron Crowe and costars Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. (although missing here is the picture-in-picture commentary), five deleted scenes (9 min.), a seven-minute “making-of” featurette, “Drew Rosenhaus: How to Be a Sports Agent” (4 min.), “My First Commercial” with NFL agent Rod Tidwell, the music video “Secret Garden” by Bruce Springsteen, a “Jerry's Mission Statement” segment, and trailers. Bottom line: a fine Blu-ray release of a solid film.][Blu-ray Review—Jan. 24, 2017—Sony, 138 min., R, $19.99—Making its latest appearance on Blu-ray, 1996's Jerry Maguire features a fine transfer and a DTS-HD 5.1 soundtrack. Extras new to this release include deleted and extended scenes (59 min.), a “We Meet Again” three-part retrospective featurette (39 min.), a photo gallery, and the soundtrack CD. Extras carried over from previous releases include a picture-in-picture audio commentary by director Cameron Crowe and costars Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger, and Cuba Gooding, Jr., deleted scenes (9 min.), a “making-of” featurette (7 min.), “Drew Rosenhaus: How to Be a Sports Agent” (4 min.), the brief “My First Commercial” character segment, the music video “Secret Garden” by Bruce Springsteen, a “Jerry's Mission Statement” segment, and trailers. Bottom line: those who don't own the earlier Blu-ray release will want to pick up Crowe's crowd-pleaser.]