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Cyrus (2010) - The Duplass brothers score hilarious dramedy gold



+ Best Independent Movie of the Year

The simple, effective poster for Jay and Mark Duplass' Cyrus

John is a despairing, divorced man, who is thrilled to meet a genuinely sweet woman at a party, who becomes his girlfriend. The only problem is that she lives with her bizarre, 21 year-old son.

John C. Reilly (Carnage (2011)) is brilliant and really funny here in great New Orleanian writer-director brothers Jay and Mark Duplass' (Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011), both) small dramedy pearl. It plays on our tendency towards manipulation and lies when under pressure.
The vivacious camera concept (cinematographer Jas Shelton (The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015))) works well in this intimate story. Jonah Hill (21 Jump Street (2012)) and Marisa Tomei (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)) are also outstanding.
Cyrus has a good story and is funny as hell. - Don't miss it!

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The Duplass brothers give an interview about the film here

Cost: 7 mil. $
Box office: 9.9 mil. $
= Big flop
[Cyrus premiered January 23 (Sundance) and runs 91 minutes. It was shot in and around January 2009. It opened in just 4 theaters to a solid 181k $ first weekend in North America, where it peaked in 454 theaters and grossed 7.4 mil. $ (74.7 % of the total gross). It screened in 14 other countries with the 2nd and 3rd biggest markets being the UK with 1.9 mil. $ (19.2 %) and Mexico with 0.1 mil. $ (1%). Reilly got nominated for the Best Male Lead Independent Spirit award for his performance in the film. Cyrus is certified fresh at 80% with a 6.9 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

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