Editing Tobey Maguire (section)

===1995–2001: Critical acclaim===
Maguire then sought help for a [[alcoholism|drinking problem]] from [[Alcoholics Anonymous]]; he has been sober ever since.<ref name="AA">{{cite web|url=http://www.addictioninfo.org/articles/1463/1/Tobey-Maguire-reveals-AA-meetings/Page1.html |title=Tobey Maguire Reveals AA Meetings |date=12 April 2007 |website=AddictionInfo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011104534/http://www.addictioninfo.org/articles/1463/1/Tobey-Maguire-reveals-AA-meetings/Page1.html |archive-date=11 October 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2007}}</ref>

As part of his recovery from alcoholism and learning to deal with his self-described "addictive and compulsive nature",<ref name="AA" /> Maguire changed his career path slightly to obtain roles where he and DiCaprio would not always be in competition for the same part. The move paid off when Maguire was given the role of Paul Hood, a teenage boarding school student whose narration anchors the action in [[Ang Lee]]'s 1997 film ''[[The Ice Storm (film)|The Ice Storm]].''<ref>{{cite news |last=Hochman |first=David |date=3 May 2002 |title=THE AMAZING TOBEY MAGUIRE |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2002-05-03-0205010735-story.html |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |access-date=14 May 2007}}</ref> This led to a variety of lead roles in films such as ''[[Pleasantville (film)|Pleasantville]]'', ''[[The Cider House Rules (film)|The Cider House Rules]]'', and ''[[Wonder Boys (film)|Wonder Boys]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Persall |first=Steve |date=26 September 2005 |title=How Tobey Maguire cooked up a new career |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/02/25/how-tobey-maguire-cooked-up-a-new-career/ |work=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |access-date=14 May 2007}}</ref>

In the 1998 film ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' he portrayed a hitchhiker who meets [[Raoul Duke]] and [[Oscar Zeta Acosta|Dr. Gonzo]] during their drive to Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite web|last=Blair|first=Andrew|title=Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas|website=Den of Geek|url=http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/19059/looking-back-at-terry-gilliam%E2%80%99s-fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas|access-date=18 June 2013|archive-date=4 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104171019/http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/19059/looking-back-at-terry-gilliam%E2%80%99s-fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dee |first1=Jake |title=Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas: 10 Things You Never Knew About The Movie |url=https://screenrant.com/fear-loathing-las-vegas-movie-trivia-facts/ |website=ScreenRant |access-date=7 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241117160725/https://screenrant.com/fear-loathing-las-vegas-movie-trivia-facts/ |archive-date=17 November 2024 |date=6 September 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> In ''[[Ride with the Devil (film)|Ride with the Devil]]'' (1999), opposite [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel Kilcher]], Maguire portrayed Jakob Roedel, the son of a unionist German immigrant who joins his Southern friends in the Missouri Riders, avenging the atrocities committed against Missourians by Kansas [[Jayhawker]]s and redleggers.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|website=Roger Ebert|title=Ride with the Devil|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ride-with-the-devil-1999|access-date=18 June 2013|date=17 December 1999|archive-date=2 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102003549/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ride-with-the-devil-1999|url-status=live}}</ref> Maguire voiced Lou in the movie ''[[Cats & Dogs]]'' (2001).<ref>{{cite web |title=Superior furry animals |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/aug/04/features1 |website=The Guardian |access-date=4 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024152138/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/aug/04/features1 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |date=4 August 2001 |url-status=live}}</ref>