[Editor's Note: Cyrus opens Fri., July 16 at Regency Square Brandon, AMC Woodland Square, Regal Hollywood and Regal citrus Park. Check it out! And for more reviews of the biggest movies of the summer, check out the Daily Loaf Movie Review Index.]
Summer 2010 is fast becoming the Summer of Duds, with a worrying majority of the anticipated blockbuster fare bombing hard. So, what better to ease our disappointment than some Sundance-vetted, Oedipal goodness? Sure, Cyrus — the latest from Mumblecore leading lights Mark and Jay Duplass — is uncomfortable. If you haven't caught onto a hint of weird by the time sweet-faced single mom Molly (Marisa Tomei) is apologetically plucking jalapeno peppers out of her 21-year-old son's take-out, just hang in there; a breast-feeding photo with a kid decidedly past suckling age is coming soon. Despite the squirm-worthy situation, you won't find yourself mentally shouting at our hero, John (John C. Reilly), to get the hell out of there, stat. John, after all, is his own brand of weird and uncomfortable
