Cyrus
Cyrus is the character played by Jonah Hill who has a creepy oedipal relationship with his mother Molly (Marisa Tomei) as evidenced by the framed photos in their living room of him breast feeding years past the toddler stage. When mom takes up with John (John C. Reilly) Cyrus makes it his mission to sabotage the romance and vanquish his rival. The terminally dateless John on the other hand comes from a vulnerable place where he’s unable to let go of his sympathetic ex wife Jamie (Catherine Keener). When a one in a million chance at happiness with Molly falls in his lap he’s not about to give up due to the scheming of a man half his age but his equal in clinginess. Oscar nominee Reilly and Academy Award winner Tomei come pre-approved to belong in this worthwhile dramedy but Hill, a very successful young actor with an ever expanding waistline, we’re used to seeing in laugh out loud yet sophomoric comedies. Here the laughs are more subtle so for Hill this is a much bigger acting role. No worries, he rises to the challenge. For more reasons than are obvious this is a really fat role for Jonah Hill.