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Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire was a Box office film that was released on the 13th of December 1996 and was directed by directed by Cameron Crowe., It was cast by TriStar Pictures and Gracie Films with a total budget of $50, 000, 000. It had a full runtime of 139 minutes and was released on a worldwide basis (“Jerry Maguire” N.p).
Plot summary/ synopsis
Tom Cruise who featured Jerry Maguire, was a sports agent who was successful. He had all a person would dream of; the best clients, a beautiful woman, and respect. However, one fateful night, he decides to question the purpose of his life and thus comes to a conclusion that he should speak out what was on his mind, to his clients. He then decides to share the thoughts with his superiors, who did not take it positively. His high-class clients and superior status were withdrawn, and he was only left with one client called Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), who was volatile (“Jerry Maguire” N.p). Moreover, he was also left with Renee Zellweger (Dorothy Boyd), who was the only person who knew and believed in his abilities as a sports agent. He thus started a new journey of rebuilding his career and life. However, he had to face several challenges from the things that he had ignored in the past.
Setting
The setting of the movie was in a time and place where a lot of sports activities and competition took place. Moreover, the context of the film was set in a sporting nature. However, there were several romantic setting where Jerry fell in love with one woman who believed in him (Renée Zellweger).

Description and analysis of the key scene
In the movie, the phrase ‘show me the money’ was used when Rod Tidwell who featured Cuba Gooding Jr, talked to Jerry on the phone and told him to repeat the phrase. The ‘show me the money’ phrase, was used by the directors for the literal meaning of getting more profits, but did not represent the message nor the theme of the film.
The context of the phrase is that Jerry was left by all his clients except Rod Tidwell, who was a talented receiver for the Arizona Cardinals. When Jerry called Rod to confirm if he was still to be his agent, Tidwell forces him to shout the words “Show…Me…the…money.” Jerry shouts it out with all of his might and Rod then confirms that he is still his agent. Although Jerry advocated for putting people first instead of the money, the phrase was used by Jerry, ironically, to confirm that he will put money first and nothing else. Jerry did so because he was desperately holding on to his only remaining client and could not risk losing him. However, that did not become the case as Rod and Jerry got along well and they became very close as they both helped each other. Jerry became a better person, and Rod became a better player. After that, Jerry gets Rod an excellent contract, therefore ‘showing him the money.’ This shows how putting people first, will naturally bring good results and better benefits.
Although it seems that the phrase ‘show me the money’ exemplifies the theme of money in the movie, it was not necessarily the teaching or the message the creators of the film were trying to put across. The message that the directors were trying to put across is that, individuals should put people first, instead of money, in their businesses.
Works Cited
Jerry Maguire. IMDb. N. p., (1996). Web. 3 Feb. 2018. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116695/