"It's an edgy, engrossing comedy with an art-house sensibility and mainstream appeal. Amid the laughs, emotional truths loom large for each of its rather odd characters."
USA Today "A comedy of discomfort that walks a wonderful line between reality-based emotional honesty and engaging humor....Satisfying and substantial."
Los Angeles Times "[A] dulcetly crazy, certifiably hilarious and eerily mysterious little comedy written and directed by the Duplass brothers..."
Wall Street Journal "Mr. Reilly and the filmmakers get a lot of mileage out of the actor's talent for making genially hapless characters likable."
New York Times "If you want to see a vital example of how the indie spirit can interface with Hollywood, check out the spiky and surprising CYRUS." -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Hill knocks the role out of the park, nailing every nuance, comic, tender and scary....Original and crazily inventive..."
Rolling Stone 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Marisa Tomei plays warm and friendly as well as anyone, and those qualities are essential to CYRUS..."
Chicago Sun-Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he Duplasses are as generous with their payoff as they are canny about building up suspense....CYRUS is powered by a deep vein of humanism..."
Washington Post "John C. Reilly takes the popular overgrown adolescent archetype and adds layers of despair, anger, and aching longing."
Premiere 4 stars out of 5 -- "Treading a fine line between tragi-comedy and indie quirk, the cast also divine humanity from the humour -- Reilly essays expertly rumpled befuddlement..."
Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "There are hilarious scenes....This remains intense, creepy and psychologically credible."
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