Jerry Maguire (1996)

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Wikidata Q329131, film, IMDb tt0116695, TMDB 9390: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 6 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

The Lego Batman Movie: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. theme (theme): Jerry Maguire ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read). Batman's arc ends with him giving the Joker the Jerry Maguire speech, completing the film's running Jerry Maguire joke.
    “just like it's so good full circle to fucking have him realize I have to give Joker the Jerry Maguire speech.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:33:26 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Connected to

Vanilla Sky: 3 lines lineage ×2 contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Vanilla Sky → Jerry Maguire. Jerry Maguire's leads are well written with an unconventional romance, so there is real material in each scene.
    “those 2 characters are so well written and their relationship is so unconventional and how it plays out”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:17:18 · Richard Lawson (0.45 sure it was them)

As Good as It Gets: 2 lines craft ×1 lineage ×1

  1. craft (craft): As Good as It Gets → Jerry Maguire. Both are classic 90s movies that start a whole second movie mid-film.
    “It's one of those classic 90s like Jerry Maguire, where it's just like, let's just do like a whole other movie in the middle of the movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:34:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible: 2 lines people ×1 career ×1

  1. people (performance echo): Mission: Impossible → Jerry Maguire. Cruise's anxiety and nervousness here echo Jerry Maguire.
    “there's a little bit of the Jerry Maguire anxiety, nervousness.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:12:01 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Cuba Gooding Jr.: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Cuba Gooding Jr. → Jerry Maguire. His strength was more energy than any actor alive, as in Jerry Maguire, but it is too hot for this film.
    “This was a moment where I think Cuba's greatest strength was he had more energy than any other actor alive.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:10:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fargo: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (awards rival): Fargo → Jerry Maguire. The Best Picture field was an indie year with Jerry Maguire the lone studio movie.
    “Billy keeps joking about, that Jerry Maguire was the only studio movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 2:35:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (rewatch-frequency / favorites): Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World → Jerry Maguire. David lists Master and Commander among favorites seen many times, like Jerry Maguire (40 times), versus Late Spring, which he rates among the greatest but has seen 2-3 times.
    “It's sort of like Jerry Maguire, I've seen 40 times. Master and commander have seen it many, many, many, many.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 0:05:48 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

Old Dogs: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Old Dogs → Jerry Maguire. The sports-marketing partners are likened to Jerry Maguire.
    “So they're Jerry Maguires?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 0:53:46 · Marie Bardi (0.60 sure it was them)

Shine: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Jerry Maguire → Shine. The speaker is angry Cruise lost the Oscar to Jeffrey Rush in Shine.
    “he lost to Jeffrey Rush and Shine”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:18:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Something's Gotta Give: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Something's Gotta Give → Jerry Maguire. Its time-jumping structure of long scenes then skips is like Jerry Maguire.
    “It's very, it's very Jerry Maguire in that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:24:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Color of Money: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (sequel idea): Jerry Maguire → The Color of Money. A hypothetical Jerry Maguire 2 would work like The Hustler/Color of Money pairing.
    “If it was like the hustle and the color of money and he returns to his Eddie Felson.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:10:35 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

The Lego Batman Movie: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Lego Batman Movie → Jerry Maguire. Batman's arc ends with him giving the Joker the Jerry Maguire speech, completing the film's running Jerry Maguire joke.
    “just like it's so good full circle to fucking have him realize I have to give Joker the Jerry Maguire speech.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:33:26 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Tom Cruise: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Jerry Maguire. Cruise could play the Oliver role as the cocky, beaten-up Jerry Maguire of the first 30 minutes.
    “I'm thinking like collateral cruise crossed with Jerry Maguire cruise.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:17:39 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career arc): Mission: Impossible → Jerry Maguire. The two 1996 films are the apex of Cruise's two-movies-a-year runs.
    “the apex of that is Jeremy Maguire in Mission Impossible.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:45:17 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Vanilla Sky → Jerry Maguire. Jerry Maguire's leads are well written with an unconventional romance, so there is real material in each scene.
    “those 2 characters are so well written and their relationship is so unconventional and how it plays out”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:17:18 · Richard Lawson (0.45 sure it was them)

craft (3)

  1. craft (craft): As Good as It Gets → Jerry Maguire. Both are classic 90s movies that start a whole second movie mid-film.
    “It's one of those classic 90s like Jerry Maguire, where it's just like, let's just do like a whole other movie in the middle of the movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:34:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Cuba Gooding Jr. → Jerry Maguire. His strength was more energy than any actor alive, as in Jerry Maguire, but it is too hot for this film.
    “This was a moment where I think Cuba's greatest strength was he had more energy than any other actor alive.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:10:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Something's Gotta Give → Jerry Maguire. Its time-jumping structure of long scenes then skips is like Jerry Maguire.
    “It's very, it's very Jerry Maguire in that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:24:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (awards rival): Fargo → Jerry Maguire. The Best Picture field was an indie year with Jerry Maguire the lone studio movie.
    “Billy keeps joking about, that Jerry Maguire was the only studio movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 2:35:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Jerry Maguire → Shine. The speaker is angry Cruise lost the Oscar to Jeffrey Rush in Shine.
    “he lost to Jeffrey Rush and Shine”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:18:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

lineage (4)

  1. lineage (lineage): As Good as It Gets → Jerry Maguire. Brooks and Crowe share a very similar tone and mix of emotions.
    “But they have a very similar tone and sort of like touch and mix of emotions and all that.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:14:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (sequel idea): Jerry Maguire → The Color of Money. A hypothetical Jerry Maguire 2 would work like The Hustler/Color of Money pairing.
    “If it was like the hustle and the color of money and he returns to his Eddie Felson.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:10:35 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): Vanilla Sky → Jerry Maguire. Vanilla Sky is likened to Jerry Maguire escaping a Frankenstein experiment before it was finished.
    “this movie is like Jerry Maguire, like, got out of some sort of like Frankenstein monster experiment before he was finished”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:43:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage): Vanilla Sky → Jerry Maguire. A deformed Jerry Maguire.
    “Well, it's like a deformed Jerry Maguire.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:43:19 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (performance echo): Mission: Impossible → Jerry Maguire. Cruise's anxiety and nervousness here echo Jerry Maguire.
    “there's a little bit of the Jerry Maguire anxiety, nervousness.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:12:01 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): The Lego Batman Movie → Jerry Maguire. Batman's arc ends with him giving the Joker the Jerry Maguire speech, completing the film's running Jerry Maguire joke.
    “just like it's so good full circle to fucking have him realize I have to give Joker the Jerry Maguire speech.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:33:26 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Old Dogs → Jerry Maguire. The sports-marketing partners are likened to Jerry Maguire.
    “So they're Jerry Maguires?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 0:53:46 · Marie Bardi (0.60 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (rewatch-frequency / favorites): Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World → Jerry Maguire. David lists Master and Commander among favorites seen many times, like Jerry Maguire (40 times), versus Late Spring, which he rates among the greatest but has seen 2-3 times.
    “It's sort of like Jerry Maguire, I've seen 40 times. Master and commander have seen it many, many, many, many.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 0:05:48 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Jerry Maguire. Cruise could play the Oliver role as the cocky, beaten-up Jerry Maguire of the first 30 minutes.
    “I'm thinking like collateral cruise crossed with Jerry Maguire cruise.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:17:39 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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Who the speakers said made it

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