Commercially and generally critically successful on release, it was the 9th highest grossing film of 1996, it was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor for Tom Cruise and Best Original Screenplay and it won Best Supporting Actor for Cuba Gooding Jr.

Critical reviews for the film were largely positive with praise for the performances and screenplay with Todd McCarthy of Variety writing “An exceptionally tasty contempo comedic romance, Jerry Maguire runs an unusual pattern on its way to scoring an unexpected number of emotional, social and entertaining points. Smartly written and boasting a sensational cast, Cameron Crowe’s shrewdly observed third feature also gives Tom Cruise one of his very best roles…”

Andrew Brandt, a former Vice President of Green Bay Packers, stated that the film “accurately portrayed the cutthroat nature of the agent business, especially the lengths to which agents go to retain or pilfer clients. It also captured the financial, emotional and psychological investment that goes far beyond negotiating contracts.”

Jerry Maguire created several popular lines which are consistently referenced in pop culture from “Show me the money!” and “You complete me” to “You had me at hello…”

#10 in AFI’s Ten Top Ten in the Sports Genre, #100 in AFI’s 100 Years.. 100 Passions and one of Entertainment Weekly’s 2010 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years.

Today, its Rotten Tomatoes is 84% while its critical consensus reads “Anchored by dazzling performances from Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Renée Zellweger, as well as Cameron Crowe's tender direction, Jerry Maguire meshes romance and sports with panache."