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Shut up. Just shut up. You had me at "hello."
— Jerry Maguire • 1996
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A romantic-comedy ending in six words: the speech Jerry has been rehearsing is pointless because she decided long ago. Zellweger plays the interruption half-laughing, half-crying, and it became shorthand for being won over before the pitch is finished. 'You had me at hello' now turns up on anniversary cards, in ads and in countless parodies.
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In context
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Late in Jerry Maguire (1996), sports agent Jerry has married Dorothy Boyd, a single mother who works for his agency, and the marriage has fallen apart. He turns up at a meeting of her sister Laurel's divorcee support group and gives a long, flustered speech, telling Dorothy he needs her and that she completes him. She cuts him off with the line, and they reunite in front of the room. Cameron Crowe's film made this and two other lines, 'Show me the money' and 'You complete me', into everyday catchphrases.
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- Wikipedia: Jerry MaguirePlot and Legacy sectionsReference checked
- Wikiquote: Jerry MaguireDorothy Boyd sectionReference checked
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