So it has been a while since I posted or watched a movie on my list. Never fear - I'm back! I found a great 2 movie combo - Jerry McGuire and A Few Good Men. Both have Tom Cruise and both have quotes in the top 100! Kudos to whoever decided to put those together. Great quality movies for $10 total, only at Target! (they should pay me for this advertising)
I watched Jerry McGuire first. I enjoy seeing movies with Tom Cruise before he got weird. Great message in this story - standing by your morals and beliefs despite the cost. Cruise starts out in a bad spot - he writes something giving his view on how people in his field should act and then gets fired, loses his lady and doesn't know what he is going to do. Of course, enter love interest Renee Zellweger who will stand by Cruise partly because of his new stance on business, and partly because she's in love with him and just doesn't know it yet.
Love Cuba Gooding Jr. in this film as Rod Tidwell - all he wants, as we all know because the quote is famous, is for Cruise to show him the money. Show me the money!! That whole scene cracks me up. SHOW ME THE MONEY!!! He plays his part well, but the character gets on my nerves. I wish he would've played with his heart in the game and left everything on the field earlier. I love watching athletes who love the game and that love is obvious in their actions.
Also, love Zellweger's son, Ray. He is adorable and the interactions he has with Cruise melt my heart. I'm a sucker for those scenes. Always will be.
And of course, the demanding life of a sports agent often calls Cruise away from home after he and Zellweger marry and they're relationship wasn't that strong to start with. Trouble in paradise to say the least. Which sets it up for Cruise to rush back home (during what is pretty much a male bashing group meeting) to tell his wife that he loves her. And what does she say? "You had me at hello." Beautiful. Everyone's happy. Storybook ending. Hopeless romantics rejoice.
All in all I enjoyed the movie, but of course I did - he had me at hello.
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