Tomei wins the hot mom/inappropriate behavior award in this queasy, cartoonish comedy. Middle-aged, divorced schlub John (Reilly) meets cute with vibrant single mom Molly (Tomei) whose baggage is 21-year-old doughboy son Cyrus (Hill). The duo has an overly-attentive relationship and hostile Cyrus is deeply resentful that John is taking any of his mom's attention away from himself so he tries to ensure the romance fails.
Cyrus is not a biopic of the man who gave the world “Achy, Breaky Heart” nor a searing documentary about the tragic fall of a Disney star from pop princess to tabloid joke. No, it is instead a daring comedy about a young man who straddles the line between ...Read More