MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Up 70 this week

Cyrus (I) (2010)

R  |   |  Comedy, Drama, Romance  |  16 July 2010 (USA)
6.3
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 6.3/10 from 28,911 users   Metascore: 74/100
Reviews: 123 user | 220 critic | 38 from Metacritic.com

John and Molly, a divorced middle aged man and a single mother meet at a friends party and start up a small relationship, all John has to do now is meet Molly's son... Cyrus

Watch Trailer
0Check in
0Share...

Watch Now

From $2.99 on Amazon Video

10 Best Action Heroes

We consulted IMDb's Highest-Rated Action-Family Films to came up with 10 scene-stealing action figures your kids can relate to, look up to, and be inspired by.

Visit our Family Entertainment Guide

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 35 titles
created 18 Dec 2011
 
a list of 25 titles
created 08 Apr 2012
 
a list of 48 titles
created 04 Jul 2013
 
a list of 26 titles
created 19 Dec 2013
 
a list of 35 titles
created 08 Jun 2014
 

Related Items

Search for "Cyrus" on Amazon.com

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Cyrus (2010)

Cyrus (2010) on IMDb 6.3/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Cyrus.

User Polls

6 nominations. See more awards »

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X  

Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his widowed mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his unhappily married brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.

Directors: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Stars: Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer
Comedy | Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  

Josh Sagers drives cross-country on a mission to deliver his father's birthday gift - a giant purple LazyBoy.

Directors: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Stars: Mark Duplass, Katie Aselton, Rhett Wilkins
Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X  

Two brothers compete in their own private 25-event Olympics.

Directors: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Stars: Mark Kelly, Steve Zissis, Jennifer Lafleur
Cedar Rapids (2011)
Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X  

Tim Lippe has no idea what he's in for when he's sent to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to represent his company at an annual insurance convention, where he soon finds himself under the "guidance" of three convention veterans.

Director: Miguel Arteta
Stars: Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Anne Heche
Baghead (2008)
Comedy | Drama | Horror
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6/10 X  

Four struggling actors retreat to a cabin in Big Bear, California in order to write a screenplay that will make them all stars. Problem is: What happens when their story idea -- a horror flick about a group of friends tormented by a villain with a bag over his head -- starts to come true?

Directors: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Stars: Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis, Greta Gerwig
The Sitter (2011)
Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.7/10 X  

A college student on suspension is coaxed into babysitting the kids next door, though he is fully unprepared for the wild night ahead of him.

Director: David Gordon Green
Stars: Jonah Hill, Ari Graynor, Sam Rockwell
Funny People (2009)
Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10 X  

When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship causes him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act.

Director: Judd Apatow
Stars: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann
Comedy | Music
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10 X  

A record company intern is hired to accompany out-of-control British rock star Aldous Snow to a concert at L.A.'s Greek Theater.

Director: Nicholas Stoller
Stars: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss
Greenberg (2010)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.1/10 X  

A man from Los Angeles, who moved to New York years ago, returns to L.A. to figure out his life while he house-sits for his brother. He soon sparks with his brother's assistant.

Director: Noah Baumbach
Stars: Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Comedy | Music
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.

Director: Jake Kasdan
Stars: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, David Krumholtz
The Watch I (2012)
Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.7/10 X  

Four men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion.

Director: Akiva Schaffer
Stars: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill
Accepted (2006)
Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X  

A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.

Director: Steve Pink
Stars: Justin Long, Jonah Hill, Blake Lively
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
...
...
...
...
Tim
...
...
Ashley (as Kathy Ann Wittes)
...
Pretty Girl (as Kathryn Aselton)
...
Pastor
...
Roger
...
Stranger at Reception
...
Rusty
...
Additional Voice (voice)
Steve Alterman ...
Additional Voice (voice)
...
Additional Voice (voice)
Edit

Storyline

With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcé finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Still single seven years after the breakup of his marriage, John has all but given up on romance. But at the urging of his ex-wife and best friend Jamie, John grudgingly agrees to join her and her fiancé Tim at a party. To his and everyone else's surprise, he actually manages to meet someone: the gorgeous and spirited Molly. Their chemistry is immediate. The relationship takes off quickly but Molly is oddly reluctant to take the relationship beyond John's house. Perplexed, he follows her home and discovers the other man in Molly's life: her son, Cyrus. A 21-year-old new age musician, Cyrus is his mom's best friend and shares an unconventional relationship with her. Cyrus will go to any lengths to protect Molly and is definitely not ready to share her with anyone, especially John. ... Written by Fox Searchlight

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Taglines:

John met the woman of his dreams. Then he met her son ...

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual material | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

16 July 2010 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Untitled Duplass Brothers Project  »

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$301,227 (USA) (25 June 2010)

Gross:

$7,455,447 (USA) (8 October 2010)
 »

Company Credits

Production Co:

 »
Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

| |

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jonah Hill based his performance as Cyrus on Benjy Bronk. See more »

Goofs

The license plate on the 10' U-Haul truck is not the actual plate that belongs to the truck. All of the newer (last 10 years or so) U-Haul truck have Arizona plates as U-Haul headquarters is in Phoenix, AZ. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Jamie: [from outside of house] John! John! John!
See more »


Soundtracks

Passengers
Written by Anthony Cavallario (as A. Cavallario), T.J. Lipple, Matthew Gengler (as M. Gengler) & Cale Parks (as C. Parks)
Performed by Aloha
Courtesy of Polyvinyl Record Co.
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
Some families just have trouble letting go.
16 December 2010 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Cyrus isn't really a comedy, though I wouldn't blame you if you have that impression before seeing the movie. Both Jonah Hill and John C. Reilly have been in a lot of comedies lately (though Reilly is fairly well-known for more serious movies like Magnolia and Boogie Nights), and the trailer doesn't do much to dissuade that notion. It does have some parts that are quite funny, but it gets more serious as the movie goes on, and is quite touching and raw at times. 

The story is about a divorced, lonely man (Reilly) who meets a seemingly perfect woman (Marisa Tomei). The only problem is that she has a live-in adult son Cyrus (Hill), and they're co-dependent on each other to the degree that Cyrus instantly hates the new man who (in his mind) is going to take his mother away. His solution is to sabotage their relationship. 

That sounds like the set-up for a broad comedy in the vein of Step-Brothers, but Cyrus sticks fairly close to its indie sensibilities. It's filmed in an almost documentary-type manner, the situations never really get too over-the-top or absurd, and the relationships remain the focus of the movie, throughout. The issues of co-dependency and parents and adult children having a hard time letting go of each other is treated pretty seriously. 

Cyrus was one of my most anticipated movies of 2010, and while I can't say it was as great as I hoped it would be, I ended up being pleasantly surprised by the tone it struck. I say keep an open mind and check it out.      


18 of 24 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Worst. Movie.Ever juicylover13
Marisa falls for loser . . .right chrisk0
hello, this is exactly like megacheese
Marisa Tomei VS Catherine Keener kinggedora
Why the sloppy camera work? brianholder
Where exactly is the comedy in this movie? olsson_marc
Discuss Cyrus (2010) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?