It's a director's job to tell a story and he's very well versed in telling stories with a bit of comedy in them and keeping the pace of the movie right and that's exactly what he did. He was observant of a world he didn't understand but he told a wonderful story.

However during this stage of his career he also began to appear in a series of films which were not critically or commercially successful such as Chill Factor (1999) Boat Trip (2002) Norbit (2007) and Daddy Day Camp (2007) all of which had received extremely negative reviews and with the exception of Norbit performed poorly at the box office. He became a born-again Christian at age 13. Additionally though not well received critically the family comedy Snow Dogs (2002) was a commercial success.

(born January 2 1968) is an American actor who is best known for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of Rod Tidwell in Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire. Cuba M.