Emraan Noor Fahad this is a beautiful movie..starting smoothly, the story follows through john and when he meets his dream girl molly (Marisa Tomei , which i believe is amazing & she put her character beautifully) who is perfect for her.she is the person whom he can depend on after his ex-wife leave him and then one night when he follows her outside of her house and then in the morning he meets molly's son.then what happens? a 21 year boy living with his single mom dealing with night terror and knowing his beautiful mom's getting bang by the man who has afro hair.. :p Jonah hill put the ''Cyrus'' character with his chubby little funny way.he knows what to do when the Scene comes.you can watch it,it will be worthwhile.there are some little humors which can be very enjoyable.

l_rawjalaurence The plot of CYRUS is straightforward: Joihn (John C. Reilly) falls in love with Molly (Marisa Tomei), but finds his amorous advances frustrated by Molly's son Cyrus (Jonah Hill), who cannot contemplate the idea of his mother seeing someone else and leaving him (Cyrus) alone. John and Cyrus end up fighting with one another, but the film ends by suggesting some kind of reconciliation between the three of them. What distinguishes Jay and Mark Duplass' film is its underlying sense of irony: just like Cyrus, John appears unable (or unwilling) to allow his nearest and dearest to live their own lives. John is perpetually conversing with his ex-wife Jamie (Catherine Keener), while remaining blissfully oblivious to the fact that Jamie is about to marry Tim (Matt Walsh). Like Cyrus, John cannot let go: the two protagonists are uncannily similar to one another. It is only at the end of the film that both of them come to recognize their kinship. The film is shot in quasi-documentary style, with the camera perpetually encircling the characters' faces, punctuated by occasional zooms. This gives CYRUS an intense quality: the directors will not allow us to focus on other aspects of the mise-en-scene. The characters matter. The script (also by the Duplass brothers) contains more than its fair share of ironies. Definitely worth watching.

Chris L Yes, the movie is wrongly billed as a comedy when it clearly is a drama with a touch of humour, which probably arouse most of the frustration.But to his credit, Cyrus develops, with a real sincerity, a moving sweet-and-sour story with which anyone can identify, where dialogues are very well thought-out and sound very genuine, even though the plot is a bit simplistic in the end.The actors deliver strong performances, especially John C. Reilly who is totally accurate and particularly touching in his role.The biggest disappointment is in fact the cinematography, sometimes hesitant with those laborious focuses. The hand-held camera isn't to be blamed, but the use of quick zooms to create an ultra realistic documentary style turns out to be completely unnecessary.

Steve Pulaski Cyrus is a challenging film to create, with a subject instantly able to drum up the strangest laughs and a raunchy comedy with heart. But the Duplass brothers, Jay and Mark, have taken the premise, given its characters to three mainstream actors, and allowed them to function freely and solemnly within its mumblecore style and premise. The idea of "indie with a budget" or "mainstream mumblecore" might put off a few fans of the genre, but, so far, it doesn't seem like commercialization or public pressure has totally thrown off the sights of many independent directors who use this format.Mumblecore, by definition, is film that utilizes a very small budget, relatively amateur actors, and naturalistic dialog with realism and plausibility in its script. Right off the bat, you can tell if that is your thing or not. Anything with "naturalistic" in the description is something I immediately am intrigued by. I feel film, while it can be the basis for some healthy escapism, should also be treated as another form of realism, showcasing real-world characters with believable, logic issues in the world. I am very much in favor of the Duplass Brother's revival to the type of filmmaking.Cyrus concerns a recently divorced, middle-aged man named John (John C. Reilly), who, one night, reluctantly goes to a party with his ex-wife. He meets and is instantly attracted to Maria Tomei's Molly, they talk, strike up some strange conversation, and then it's on to one of the funniest scenes in recent mainstream history; Reilly's John, clearly inebriated, doing a tone-deaf cover of "Don't You Want Me?" A few days later, John goes to, what he thinks is, Molly's house and finds a younger, twenty-ish man living there named Cyrus (Jonah Hill). Cyrus is her devoted son, an aspiring musician, and a very jealous soul to say the least. He puts on a pudgy, big-baby sort of appearance (Jonah Hill is absolutely perfect for this role) in an impassive way, and has completely won the heart of his mother, which is supposed to be won by John. When Molly returns home, surprised to find John there, the three sit down for an awkward dinner, where John opens up about his failed marriage and his writing/editing career.The brilliance of Cyrus comes from not its premise but the way it deals with humanity and the writing itself. It doesn't make this out to be a film riddled with raucous laughs just because two grown men are trying to win a woman's affection (although both actors could definitely try and do so). It takes the problem seriously, and the concept of family devotion and mother/so relationships with a heart and soul. It doesn't make it out to be a laugh riot.The characters we invest in become recognizably human, and all of them have great material to work with. John C. Reilly is wonderful, as always, playing his niche role, as a man on the edge of depression, in his middle-age, Jonah Hill handles the dramatic undertones in a strong way after doing various comedies before this, and Marisa Tomei is wonderful in her role as the sympathetic woman almost out of options.The Duplass Brothers have worked another gem, yet I still favor what would be their next effort, Jeff, Who Lives at Home a tad more. Both films have a pure and raw focus on humanity itself, and neither one strikes a wrong note, but I found that film to be a stronger work of nuance than this effort. The idea of intellectual comedies can go a long way, and the way will continue to get longer if the Duplass Brothers work in the field.Starring: John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei. Directed by: Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass.