Cyrus

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First time viewed: No
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Mum, Dad

Another neat little film from the Duplass brothers, champions of the "mumblecore" movement. This is their first studio funded picture but aside from some name actors and higher resolution video they've kept to their same idiosyncratic improvised style.

I really like this one, I think Jonah Hill is exceptional. Hilarious and really creepy at times. There are moments through where you just have no idea where it's going to go and there are a lot of cringe inducing awkwardness which I always love. It's another film where it's hard to believe someone like Marisa Tomei could fall for someone like John C. Reilly, but apparently only unattractive people are funny in these comedies.

It ends up being pretty standard plot structure but it's natural enough that nothing ever really feels forced, which I guess is the key to all their films.