Plot Summary
Jerry Maguire is a slick 35-year-old sports agent working for Sports Management International. After criticism from an injured player’s son triggers an epiphany, he writes a mission statement about perceived dishonesty in business and his desire to work with fewer clients to produce a better, more caring personal relationship with them. In response, SMI management sends Bob Sugar, Jerry’s protégé, to fire him. This spurs both men to race to call every one of Jerry’s clients to retain them. Jerry speaks to Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Rod Tidwell, a smaller client who is disgruntled with his pay.
Rod tests Jerry’s resolve through a long tirade on his lack of contract extension. By the conclusion of the conversation, Jerry has retained Rod but lost his other clients to Bob. Leaving the office, Jerry loudly announces that he will start his own agency and asks if anyone will join him, to which only 26-year-old single mother Dorothy Boyd agrees. Frank “Cush” Cushman, a superstar quarterback prospect who is expected to be the number one pick in the NFL draft, initially says he will also stay with Jerry after he makes a personal visit to the Cushman home. Frank’s father insists on a handshake deal based on his word instead of a signed contract, but Jerry eventually realizes that Frank and his father have secretly signed with Bob the night before the draft after seeing Jerry spend time introducing Rod to other football executives.
Jerry breaks up with his disgruntled fiancée Avery after she becomes emotionally unsupportive. He then turns to Dorothy, becoming closer to her young son Ray, and eventually starts a romantic relationship with her. Jerry concentrates all his efforts on Rod, now his only remaining client, who turns out to be difficult to satisfy. In need of money, Jerry calls in a favor to get a contract extension from Rod’s current team, the Cardinals, but receives a lowball offer.
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Info & Stats
Director:
Cameron Crowe
Writer:
Cameron Crowe
Stars:
Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr, Renée Zellweger
Categories:
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Budget:
$50,000,000.00
Revenue:
$273,600,000.00
Age: RÂ Â |Â Â Duration: 2h 19m
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