Jerry Maguire Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.5
Video		5.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		4.5
Overall		4.5

Jerry Maguire Blu-ray Movie Review

You had me at "4K."

Sony has re-released the Oscar-winning fan favorite 'Jerry Maguire' to Blu-ray with a new 1080p transfer sourced from a 4K remaster and a new DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack. The package also includes plenty of new extra content, including a three-part feature and almost an hour's worth of deleted and extended scenes. Also included in the case is a booklet and the movie's soundtrack on CD.

Reassessing.

Jerry Maguire Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Jerry Maguire's new 1080p transfer, fully remastered in 4K, looks phenomenal. Ignoring the big elephant in the room -- the absence of a UHD release -- there's no mistaking this as a top-shelf 1080p presentation, probably about the height the Blu-ray format can reach. The image is gorgeously filmic -- breathtaking, really -- and more than just watching the movie it's a joy to simply gaze at the transfer, to soak it in, to be happy, thrilled, to be living in a time when such an honest cinematic presentation is available to view at home. Even after a decade-plus of Blu-ray and months of UHD, a transfer like this still stands apart. The combination of filmed source and meticulous 4K scan is still a sight, even on Blu-ray. Needless to say, the image is practically flawless. Detailing is fantastic. The image is lightly grainy, an accentuating grain that brings out the finest the film has on offer. Skin textures are incredibly rich and complex. There's an inherent textural ease about them, a natural, refined gentleness that finds that perfect middle ground between excessively sharp and unwanted softness. The easy-come complexity is reflective in extremely fine pores, striking clothing seams, and well-shaped environments, whether grassy surfaces or warm home interiors. Colors are beautiful. Saturation is wonderful, shades pop, and much like the details there's a natural middle ground of vibrancy meets restraint. A football field sequence in chapter seven is a standout. Green grass and gatorade cups, an orange cooler, and Cardinal red splash cross the screen in what is the most dynamic mix and color punch the movie has on offer. Even in less brilliant moments, the palette's natural vigor shines through. Flesh tones are handsomely neutral and black levels hold firm throughout. Source flaws are nonexistent, and there are no encode anomalies of which to speak. It would be interesting to compare this to a UHD release, but even without that option there's no mistaking this release as one of the best the Blu-ray format has on offer.

Jerry Maguire Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Jerry Maguire's new DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack is more a slightly upward but mostly lateral move from the previous release's Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless track, certainly not an improvement to the heights of the video. Regardless, the end result is a good, quality track that supports the film nicely. Atmospheric effects are plentiful throughout and make good, positive use of the entire range. Office din, jet engine noise and a crying child in a plane's cabin, jumbled chatter at a restaurant, and crowds at a football game all offer natural immersion and believable clarity that draws the listener into the film's varied environments. Those football games also offer some nice, deep, crunchy hits on the field of play that yield amongst the movie's most prominent effects. Music is well versed, playing with terrific front-end spacing, lifelike clarity, and just enough surround information to satisfy, qualities that hold true for the entire musical package the film has on offer. Dialogue drives the film and is its most prominent factor. It plays with terrific front-center placement and lifelike clarity; it's always well prioritized.

Jerry Maguire Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Unlike Sony's recently re-released version of Talladega Nights, Jerry Maguire's reissue does not contain the original disc, just the new disc with all of the new extras as well as the carryover extras transferred to it. New material is listed as such below, and reviewed. Carryover content is listed; please click here for more on the legacy content. This release also includes a cool booklet that's made to look like Jerry's mission statement and, indeed, contains the text thereof alongside an introduction to the film's 20th anniversary penned by Cameron Crowe. Several still photos are also scattered throughout. The backside contains a printed-on Jerry Maguire business card. Very cool stuff, but it's a shame Sony could not have worked it into a DigiBook package, perhaps as part of the studio's "Supreme Cinema Series" line. A soundtrack CD (listings below) is also included in the package. A UV digital copy code is included with purchase.

Film Disc:

• PiP Commentary with Crowe, Cruise, Zellweger & Gooding.
• NEW! Jerry Maguire: We Meet Again (1080p): A three-part look at the process of putting the movie together. Part 1 (8:29) looks back at the project's origins, researching the world of sports and sports agents, shaping the main character, story themes, and Cruise's attachment to the project. Part 2 (15:17) opens with a interesting Robin Williams (and Mira Sorvino) connection and continues on with a look back at casting key roles and the qualities the cast brought to the film, including Cuba Gooding, Jr., Renée Zellweger, Jay Mohr, Regina King, and Kelly Preston. Part 3 (15:17) examines memorable moments, the film's "crisis of conscience" theme and how it plays, key improvisations and surprise moments, reflecting on the film's best moments, the movie's look and Cinematographer Janusz Kamiński's work, the film's finale, the film's release and marketing, and more.
• NEW! Deleted & Extended Scenes (1080p, 55:38 total runtime): A brief Cameron Crowe introduction precedes the following scenes: Copy Shop Jesus, The Perfect White Shirt, We Came to Play, You'll Always Be My Hero, Sugar Time, It's Gonna Be Great, You Are Not a Loser, Rod & Cush Square Off, The Arrival, Jerry & Rod Work the Room, Tell Me You Didn't Sign, I'm Just Looking for Some Cush, Jerry Dumps Avery (Long Version), The Departure, Sharp Right Turn, Breaking In the New Agent, Get On the Camel!, Shoplift the Pooty (2nd Version), Making Miracles Happen, and Jerry Takes Ray to the Zoo. Note that the scenes are very raw and have not been remastered to the same standard as the movie proper.
• NEW! Photo Gallery (1080p): Various images from the making of the movie, available individually or as part of a slideshow. Users can control the length of time the stills remain on the screen in slideshow mode.
• Behind the Scenes at the Video Commentary
• The Making of Jerry Maguire
• "My First Commercial" by Rod Tidwell
• Drew Rosenhaus: "How to Be a Sports Agent"
• Original Deleted & Alternate Scenes
• Rehearsal Footage
• "Secret Garden" by Bruce Springsteen
• Theatrical Trailer

• "The Magic Bus" by The Who
• "Sitting Still Moving Still Staring Outlooking" by His Name Is Alive
• "Gettin' In Tune" by The Who
• "Pocketful of Rainbows" by Elvis Presley
• "World on a String" by Neil Young
• "We Meet Again (Theme from Jerry Maguire)" by Nancy Wilson
• "The Horses" by Rickie Lee Jones
• "Secret Garden" by Bruce Springsteen
• "Singalong Junk" by Paul McCartney
• "Wise Up" by Aimee Mann
• "Momma Miss America" by Paul McCartney
• "Sandy" by Nancy Wilson
• "Shelter from the Storm (Alternate Version)" by Bob Dylan

Jerry Maguire Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Above everything else -- especially the absence of a UHD option -- there's no denying that Jerry Maguire's new 1080p transfer, mastered from a 4K source, is absolutely stellar. Maybe Sony believes that the product is good enough "as-is," and there's not a ton of room for serious argument against that. The movie looks amazing, amongst the best the format has seen. With a new soundtrack and plenty of new extra content (not to mention the quality of the film), this is a top-end Blu-ray release and, only days into 2017, a contender for the end-of-year top-ten list. Very highly recommended.