the light's hitting your hair in this great way. It's like a crippled tree reaching for heaven.

Date: Friday 28th December
Film: Cyrus (2010)
Director: Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass
Starring: John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei
Running time: 01 hour, 31 minutes
Rating: 8/10

One night back in London between Christmas and New Year breaks and Sunday Night Movie Club is meeting a little early (and a little late).

First up in the evening's double bill is Cyrus.

Cyrus tells the story of John who meets Molly, starts to fall for her, then meets her adult son, Cyrus, who goes out of his way to make things difficult for the couple.

It's nice to see a film in which Jonah Hill doesn't play his Superbad character yet again. Whilst he does make you laugh, he does this is a quiet, understated, borderline creepy way.

John C. Reilly and Marisa Tomei are, as they almost always are, brilliant as an older couple finding love following unsuccessful previous relationships. They both come across as vulnerable characters learning how to start a relationship again.

Don't expect this film to be a laugh out loud, riotous, comedy film. It is humourous but this isn't obvious, it's slow burning, understated, discreet.

I liked this. A lot.

Challenge day: 94
Challenge time: 05 days, 02 hours, 56 minutes
Challenge film total: 65