Metacritic Movie Ratings
Cyrus Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  A dulcetly crazy, certifiably hilarious and eerily mysterious little comedy.

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• 91

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Cyrus cues us to expect it to go over the top, but the film never does. That may be its neatest trick

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• 90

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  Amuses and unnerves in equal measure. A comedy of discomfort that walks a wonderful line between reality-based emotional honesty and engaging humor, it demonstrates the good things that happen when quirky independent style combines with top-of-the-line acting skill.

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• 88

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Middle-aged romance can be a dicey prospect. And it gets more complicated when children are in the picture. But it gets more complex still if the "child" is actually 21, and creepily meddlesome.

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• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Here is a film that uses very good actors and gives them a lot of improvisational freedom to talk their way into, around and out of social discomfort. And it's not snarky. It doesn't mock these characters. It understand they have their difficulties and hopes they find a way to work things out.

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• 70

  out of 100

  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."

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• 60

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  Cyrus is more finely tuned than their earlier movies ("The Puffy Chair," "Baghead"), but it shares a similar, almost aggressive lack of ambition. John doesn't work hard and neither do the Duplasses, who don't want their audiences to break a sweat either. That's too bad, because Cyrus is more interesting and fun when you're recoiling at the effrontery of its comedy and not its conventionality.

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• 60

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  Insightful but ultimately ponderous entertainment.

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