Sundance 2010 Preview: CYRUS

The Duplass Brothers are 2 of my favorite people in the business, and I am glad they are finally getting a shot at a big(ger) budget film with more well known actors (not that I don’t absolutely LOVE Greta Gerwig!) and being distributed by a studio that knows exactly how to handle the film. Mix that with the fact it stars Jonah Hill, John C. Reilly, and Marisa Tomei… this film is an almost guaranteed hit. Actually I am counting on it!

PS: If you are going to see this one, you better get tickets ASAP because it only plays 3 times at Sundance.

Official synopsis:

Alone and acutely depressed, having just learned of his ex-wife’s wedding plans, John can’t believe his luck when he encounters beautiful, charming Molly at a party. The two get along famously and launch a passionate affair, until Molly’s 21-year-old son, Cyrus, enters the scene. Will Molly and Cyrus’s deep and idiosyncratic bond leave room for John? Cyrus becomes a dark, poignant, sometimes hilarious war dance as Molly, Cyrus, and John walk the line between creepy and sympathetic. Each member of this awkward triangle teeters somewhere between bare honesty and furtive manipulation as he or she lets loose all manner of dysfunctionality. The excruciating, delightful fun is seeing where the boundaries ultimately land.

CYRUS plays at the following times:

6:15 PM Sat, Jan 23 Eccles Theatre
8:30 AM Sun, Jan 24 Library Center Theatre
9:00 PM Sat, Jan 30 Prospector Square Theatre