See, I knew I had excellent taste. Good to have backup!
But really, I'm so glad there's another person out there who believes old Tom gives a great performance in Jerry Maguire. I can't describe it well, but a lot of it is that it kind of looks like an actor playing a part, but then after watching the movie for a while, you realize that's exactly what Jerry is doing, or was doing in his life up to the start of the movie. And all the lovely vulnerable moments that come after his revelation (and I always crack up over how the cover looks like the Catcher in the Rye) -- when he arrives at work and isn't sure whether to get in or out of the elevator, when he says, "dental, sure, of course we'll have dental" when Dorothy asks in the elevator, and at the end, when he realizes he needs her? Even though it's been mocked and sampled everywhere, when he's standing in that Divorced Women's Meeting, saying he needs her -- oh, it gets me every time.
I do kind of wish there was a little more at the end, so it's clear that what Jerry needs isn't just a family or a connection but Dorothy in particular, but I can forgive it because who am I kidding? I love the movie pretty unconditionally.
And who can resist the Secret Garden song? The one that samples scenes from the movie that they played on the radio all the time back when the movie came out? Love it!
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But really, I'm so glad there's another person out there who believes old Tom gives a great performance in Jerry Maguire. I can't describe it well, but a lot of it is that it kind of looks like an actor playing a part, but then after watching the movie for a while, you realize that's exactly what Jerry is doing, or was doing in his life up to the start of the movie. And all the lovely vulnerable moments that come after his revelation (and I always crack up over how the cover looks like the Catcher in the Rye) -- when he arrives at work and isn't sure whether to get in or out of the elevator, when he says, "dental, sure, of course we'll have dental" when Dorothy asks in the elevator, and at the end, when he realizes he needs her? Even though it's been mocked and sampled everywhere, when he's standing in that Divorced Women's Meeting, saying he needs her -- oh, it gets me every time.
I do kind of wish there was a little more at the end, so it's clear that what Jerry needs isn't just a family or a connection but Dorothy in particular, but I can forgive it because who am I kidding? I love the movie pretty unconditionally.
And who can resist the Secret Garden song? The one that samples scenes from the movie that they played on the radio all the time back when the movie came out? Love it!