‘Cyrus’ replete with wit and perception
Directors: Jay & Mark Duplass
Cast: John C. Riley, Jonah Hill, Catherine Keener, Marisa Tomei
Cert: 15
From the young romance of ‘Going the Distance’ to the older and more fraught romance we have here, an interesting story with well-observed characters.
John (Riley) is a divorced loner who can’t find a woman to call his own. His soon to be re-married ex wife (Keener) forces him to go to a party in order to begin his re-entry into the dating scene … and to his surprise he meets Molly (Tomei).
Life begins to take on a warm glow, until he meets Molly’s creepy, menacing and ever-watchful 21-year-old son Cyrus (Hill) who isn’t about to let a newcomer into his mother-son relationship.
It’s a study of angst, the three-way conflict between the chief characters, carried out with wit and perception.
Star Rating: 4/5
