Cruise starred as a sports agent whose moral epiphany causes him to lose his job and most of his clients. The one he’s left with, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding, Jr., who won an Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role) puts him through the ringer. Though Cruise didn’t win the Best Actor Academy Award (he lost out to Geoffrey Rush in Shine), his portrayal of a man transformed was critically acclaimed as one of his strongest. It’s also one of his most quotable movies. In addition to “Show me the money!”, the film brought us such gems as: “You complete me,” “You had me at hello” and “Shoplift the pootie.”
