Synopsis
With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Before long, the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love-and it appears only one man can be left standing when it's over.
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Cast
- John C. ReillyJohn Kilpatrick
- Jonah HillCyrus Fawcett
- Marisa TomeiMolly Fawcett
- Catherine KeenerJamie
- Matt WalshTim
- Kathy WittesAshley
- Diane MizotaThermostat Girl
- Katie AseltonPretty Girl
- Jamie DonnellyPastor
- Tim GuineeRoger
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
Cyrus cues us to expect it to go over the top, but the film never does. That may be its neatest trick - 88
ReelViews
Cyrus is affecting, but not in a clean, easily recognizable way. It is funny, but in a warped manner more likely to provoke unease than unbridled laughter. - 80
Time Out
Neither Reilly nor Tomei have ever seemed so effortlessly funny, and whoever thought to cast one of Judd Apatow's regulars as a dysfunctional, disturbed manchild should be dubbed a genius. - 80
Village Voice
A freakishly engrossing black comedy about excessively mothered men and the women who enable them. - 75
Movieline
Hill cuts a hilariously adversarial figure. - 70
Variety
Think of Cyrus as the Duplasses for the masses, as the keenly observant sibs upgrade their scrappy, relationship-based formula to work with movie stars and a Fox Searchlight-size budget without sacrificing the raw, naturalistic feel of their first two features, "The Puffy Chair" and "Baghead." - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Insightful but ultimately ponderous entertainment. - 50
The New Yorker
The Duplasses' sensitivity, which is genuine, yields too much tepid relationship-speak, and Marisa Tomei, one of the most appealing actresses in Hollywood, is left with little to play.
