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While there are a few New Year’s movies out there, I didn’t feel like reviewing one for this week’s “Throwback Thursday” column. After a month of Christmas movie reviews, I thought I’d go off the board and review one of my all-time favorites 1996’s “Jerry Maguire.”
If you’ve never seen “Jerry Maguire,” you are in for a treat.
The plot centers around Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise), a sports agent who seems shallow on the surface. However, on the road at a conference one night, Jerry comes up with a mission statement. He says that sports agents need “fewer clients and less money.” His mission statement promptly gets him fired from his high-paying job. Jerry recruits Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger) to leave her job as an accountant and follow him, though he has just one client, a prima donna NFL wide receiver Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding, Jr.).
friend. green: mm-hmm. so it s ok for you to slap her around. i didn t do that. she says you beat her. hospital thinks she was raped. we had sex. woman: she identified him by name, you said. you think he kidnapped and raped a girl and then told her his name? where d you meet laura kendrick? a coffee house on eighth avenue. 6 weeks ago. we connected. she moved in with me. abbie: if laura kendrick was with this guy voluntarily. van buren: we haven t got all of her story yet. briscoe: how about this? you recognize these girls now? laura s sister and her friend. and when s the last time you saw them? i don t recall. and how about this girl? why are you asking? green: she s missing, last seen in the company of your client. what are you charging him with? for now, assault. he answered your questions about the so-called assault. take as many uniforms as you need. briscoe: and now we re questioning him about two so-called murders. distribute laura kendrick s picture to hospitals and