Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 151
Fresh: 121 | Rotten: 30
While it may strike some viewers as slight, Cyrus is a successful hybrid of mainstream production values and the mumblecore ideals of directors Jay and Mark Duplass.
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 27 | Rotten: 9
While it may strike some viewers as slight, Cyrus is a successful hybrid of mainstream production values and the mumblecore ideals of directors Jay and Mark Duplass.
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Directed by mumblecore stalwarts Jay and Mark Duplass, Cyrus stars John C. Reilly as John, a middle-aged lonely divorced guy who, as the film opens, gets dragged to a party by his remarried ex-wife (Catherine Keener) -- who remains his best friend. After a few clumsy, drunken passes at a variety of women, John encounters Molly (Marisa Tomei), an attractive single-mom who finds John's social awkwardness appealing. They hit it off, and quickly begin a tender new relationship. Problems soon arise
Jun 18, 2010 Wide
Dec 14, 2010
$7.5M
Fox Searchlight
All Critics (152) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (121) | Rotten (30) | DVD (6)
The Duplass's 'Cyrus': Two Unhealthy Relationships Made Witty
Even at its most troubling, Cyrus is powered by a deep vein of humanism, one that offers hope to even the weirdest among us.
Nobody can play beaten and amusing better than Reilly, and no one is better at playing broken, accessible beauty than Tomei.
Delightfully demented and unique.
A movie that melds creepy and comic so seamlessly that almost every laugh is undercut by a cringe.
Although Hill certainly has been good in previous roles, this goes beyond what we've seen.
A man battles with his girlfriend's son in this realistic, understated comedy filled with the awkwardness of real life.
... A very fine comic-psychodrama that eschews prat falls and flippancy for a more intimately realist and considered rendering of manchild madness and its antecedents.
An amazing human drama played out by actors at the peak of their profession: and who could want more than that?
The visual style transcends lyricism to achieve a kind of free-verse poetry, aided in large part by awe-inspiring mash-ups of montage and voice-overs
...a well-acted yet wholly uninvolving (and downright unconvincing) piece of work.
Cyrus will appeal to the same audiences that have admired the Mumblecore directors and their work, even though it's more polished.
...this muted farce benefits from the pitch-perfect performances of its cast.
... has the dubious distinction of being the first mumblecore comedy to come out of a major studio, complete with an A-list cast.
full review at Movies for the Masses
A totally cringe-inducing movie. Stay away from it unless you enjoy gawking at severely damaged personalities.
The acting is superb by all three main characters, especially Jonah Hill, who is really the key character in this film.
Lacks energy and seems more creepy than funny.
Cred points are on offer from the film's observational/improvisational style that bros Duplass bring along with them, but they've neglected the most important part - making the film interesting.
Cast and crew seem committed to making a simple point: "unhealthily close" relationships can be enriching. And the result is a movie that feels both small and deep.
Benefits from the cast teasing out the hurt and humanity from co-dependency's emotional battlefield.
It's funny, but edgy, too: you feel as if something very bad could happen at any moment.
Rooting awkward chuckles in freaky family ties, the Duplasses then spin our sniggers by planting parallels between John and Cyrus. Just who's the biggest man-child?
The Duplass brothers enter the mainstream with a touching, original and supremely funny film.
First Review of 2012 "Cyrus": The fantastic ensemble really give off the feeling that they genuinely are a disfunctional family because of amazing chemistry with eachother and still manage to bring some laughs with it. The Duplas' have created a smart and believable movie with a simple yet entertaining central idea.
December 31, 2011
Super Reviewer
Sneaky funny. John C. Reilly delivers as usual, Jonah Hill is a hilarious creep.
October 25, 2011Super Reviewer
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