Cyrus: Movie Review

Cyrus: Movie Review

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.