# Cyrus - The Movie (Spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyrus-the-movie-spoilers/547678 "2010-07-23T03:12:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyrus-the-movie-spoilers/547678/1 "2010-07-23T03:12:44Z")
We went to see [Cyrus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1336617/) yesterday. It was really a very good film - great characters, well-written, and does not take the easy road. This could easily have been some horrible comedy, or maudlin drama - but instead, you really get to know these people and are interested in seeing how it ends. Don’t know if you need to dash to see it in a movie theater, but keep it in mind when it comes out on DVD or on your local cable channel. Cyrus is a nice film and I think you will like it a lot. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyrus-the-movie-spoilers/547678/2 "2010-07-23T04:57:24Z")
I mostly agree with you right up until the “interested in seeing how it ends” part. A very well made and well acted movie telling a story that afterward I could give a flying fig about. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyrus-the-movie-spoilers/547678/3 "2010-07-23T05:30:45Z")
I sort of liked it but I really have a problem with manipulative crazy people, so for a lot of the movie I was quietly grinding my teeth at Marisa Tomei’s inability to see how truly fucked up her son was. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyrus-the-movie-spoilers/547678/4 "2010-08-03T02:16:45Z")
I thought it was good, but I thought the trailers made it seem more like a comedy than anything. I enjoyed it, but I expected a comedy, not a shaky-camera semi-serious movie. Marissa Tomei was great; I love Katherine Keener too. Jonah Hill’s mobid obesity was really distracting to me. I don’t know how why someone so wealthy wouldn’t get gastric bypass or a boot-camp personal trainer or something. There’s really no reason. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyrus-the-movie-spoilers/547678/5 "2010-08-03T02:31:54Z")
I liked the movie, but I’m not sure why. I thought the ending was rather abrupt, but I guess the performances were good enough that I enjoyed the ride. I left the theatre wondering whether the script was based on a true story, and if so, which character corresponds to the screenwriter. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyrus-the-movie-spoilers/547678/6 "2010-08-03T02:52:09Z")
It’s not about the Persian king? I am dissapoint