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Metascore
38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanCyrus cues us to expect it to go over the top, but the film never does. That may be its neatest trick
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliCyrus is affecting, but not in a clean, easily recognizable way. It is funny, but in a warped manner more likely to provoke unease than unbridled laughter.
- 80Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearNeither Reilly nor Tomei have ever seemed so effortlessly funny, and whoever thought to cast one of Judd Apatow's regulars as a dysfunctional, disturbed manchild should be dubbed a genius.
- 80Village VoiceElla TaylorVillage VoiceElla TaylorA freakishly engrossing black comedy about excessively mothered men and the women who enable them.
- 75MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangeHill cuts a hilariously adversarial figure.
- 70VarietyVarietyThink 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."
- 60The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterInsightful but ultimately ponderous entertainment.
- 50The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyThe Duplasses' sensitivity, which is genuine, yields too much tepid relationship-speak, and Marisa Tomei, one of the most appealing actresses in Hollywood, is left with little to play.
- 50The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayOnce again with the Duplasses, there just isn't enough of anything: not enough funny lines, not enough variation of mood, not enough plot. If these guys were students, Cyrus might merit a "promising." But this is their third movie. It's time for them to stop turning in first drafts.
- 25ObserverRex ReedObserverRex ReedIt still has a long way to go before the term Mumblecore (which sounds like a Harry Potter major at Hogwart's) can be confused with the term Class Act.