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Cyrus
Rating: 8/10
Cast: John C Reilly, Jonah Hill, Catherine Keener, Marisa Tomei
Director: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Pitched as an odd comedy in its trailer (which you can watch
here),Cyrus stars John C Reilly, Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei as a
mismatched trio.
Reilly is John a divorcee who meets Marisa's Molly at a party and
they hit it off; so much so that after 7 years' estrangement from
his ex Catherine Keener,he thinks she could be the one.
And Molly is the same - so the pair begin an easy
relationship.
There's only one problem - her 21 year old son Cyrus (Hill) who
initially welcomes John to their home but soon starts to act up in
order to get him out.
So the battle lines are drawn and the two begin to clash openly
when Molly's not around - and make nice when she is.
Cyrus is a polished little gem of a dramedy of a film, delightfully
quirky and confounds every expectation - while still delivering
plenty of laughs and a good dose of heart.
The style is interesting as well - as it appears to have been shot
on handheld cameras so they swoop in and out capturing every
awkwardly odd moment.
The reason it works though is because of the leads - it's played
very straight by the cast and Hill delivers a knockout performance
of comic menace via Cyrus. Reilly's equally as good at the deadpan
too- and Tomei is great as the mom who can see nothing wrong with
the relationship.
Cyrus is an unexpected treat in more ways than one and it shows
that both Hill and Reilly can really reign it in when they need to
on the performing front - and the end result is a real novel
success.
Watch the trailer for Cyrus here.
