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Jonah Hill Is: The Tubby Overgrown Creepy Kid

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (13)

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As most of you know, Sundance began this weekend. We’re not there this year, but there’s an enormous amount of news and trailers coming out of it, which we can pass on without standing in 90-minute lines freezing our asses off for the opportunity to see one great flick out of every four movies (a very expensive privilege, I might add). As such, I’m going to be doing some light posting over the weekend so we don’t overload you on Monday morning with news on movies you may not get a chance to see for months.

The first item up for bid: The trailer for Cyrus, which in a way demonstrates just how thin the line between studio and indie comedy can be. Despite the fact that this comes from the mumblecore kings, The Duplass Brothers (Baghead) — who wrote and directed — it looks like an indie movie, but sounds like an Apatow studio comedy. And in the talent area, it mixes the two, as well — John C. Reilly, who does both indie and studio films; Catherine Keener (indie); Marissa Tomei (mostly indie these days), and Jonah Hill (studio).

In fact, it feels a lot more like a studio comedy, which might indicate that the Duplass Brothers would actually like to earn a few beans for their efforts. Either that, or there’s something very dark and perverse underlying the story, which isn’t revealed in the trailer.

Anyway — studio or indie — it looks compelling, at least. John C. Reilly’s character is a divorced man who somehow ends up dating Marissa Tomei’s character (why is it that she always ends up with unattractive dudes in movies? Reilly? Rourke? Hoffman?). Things seem to be going well into the son (Jonah Hill) enters the picture. He doesn’t like sharing his Mommy. Creepy hijinx ensue.









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Comments

Jonah Hill, as of late, has been my favorite cameo-character, similar to discovering Ben Stiller in a movie when you weren't aware of his casting; School for Scoundrels, Tenacious D; and Jonah in the Invention of Lying or Night at the Museum. I could easily compare the feeling to seeing Ben Afleck in Clerks 2 (albeit, yes, he is in, virtually, every Kevin Smith movie).

I'm looking forward to Cyrus, but I'm not so certain he should ever be the "main" guy in a film, as in, the lead. I just don't want to hate him. Like Cera. Or Depp. These actors plague my ears when I ask people who they think are funny or talented.

Oh, this is my first posting here. But I have been a regular lurker for about as long as Conan hosted the Tonight Show. So. Not very long at all. Hah. Hm. Sad.

Posted by: Jared Smith at January 23, 2010 1:11 PM

Welcome, Jared!

I like Jonah Hill in small roles, too, but it looks like he's taking the Rogen road and eventually move to lead roles in movies.

Personally, I'm a bit tired of the Apatow movies. It's basically the same characters with different plots. Kind of like a sitcom. Still, According to Judd will always be better than According to Jim. ANYTHING will be better than that, for that matter.

Posted by: Britney Spears at January 23, 2010 1:53 PM

(why is it that she always ends up with unattractive dudes in movies? Reilly? Rourke? Hoffman?)

Conversely, why is it that Reilly is always paired up with foxy women? Jennifer Aniston, Renee Zellwegger (before y'all say it, I realize that this is debatable, but she is widely considered attractive), Jenna Fischer, Julianne Moore....granted, more often than not he's cuckolded by his leading ladies, but still, he did land them.

Posted by: meaux at January 23, 2010 2:16 PM

Welcome Jared, yay for de-lurking.

I gotta say, I like the casting of this movie. I think Reilly is a hoot, and not a bad looking dude at all. Tomei is gorgeous, as usual, but is obviously taking roles that are letting her age gracefully on screen. I would rather see funny, well played, REAL LOOKING, people in a rom-com like this than Hollywood plastic. Also, I am headed into the same demographic as these characters so I identify with them. Gives me hope!

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at January 23, 2010 3:04 PM

Eh. If it gets really creepy it might as well be put out on Lifetime.

Posted by: grace b at January 23, 2010 3:56 PM

To be fair, Reilly's character does comment in the trailer on the unlikeliness of someone like Tomei being with someone like him.

Also, I know Jonah Hill has a lot of detractors here, but I like the guy. I only just watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall and he was quite funny in a small role. But I liked Superbad, too, where he is one of the leads.

Posted by: The Wandering Parakeet at January 23, 2010 6:30 PM

John C. Reilly can choke on shit for all I care.

Posted by: ladywhiskers at January 23, 2010 9:22 PM

I, for one, would prefer not to see John C. Reilly choke on shit.

I like the guy. I like the trailer. I'll see the film.

Posted by: Daniel Hall at January 24, 2010 1:23 AM

you left out Pesci and Costanza..err Alexander

Posted by: lwoodpdowd at January 24, 2010 11:00 PM

How many unattractive women are there in movies? I mean, real plain janes that get cast in leading roles? Not many, and even if (like me) you think Sarah Jessica Parker and Julia Roberts both whinny every time they see a sugar cube, you have to admit there's a whole lot of people that wouldn't kick them out of bed.

Not true with men. We're willing to accept ugly guys, or fat guys, and certainly ordinary guys, as leading men. So we ALWAYS get the hot women going for the schlubs. And I don't expect that to change in the future.

If you've ever watched Bravo's "Millionaire Matchmaker", you can see the extreme of this process until you end up screaming at the TV in rage and frustration. These rich guys all think they deserve the hottest, most intelligent, sophisticated 36DDD babes between the ages of 22 and 26. Even if they're uncouth raging assholes with bowl cuts. NO self-awareness at all, although I'm aware that putting your love life on TV is a self-selecting process for cluelessness.

Posted by: Wednesday at January 25, 2010 11:17 AM

I don't really find it that unusual that good looking women wind up with less than great looking guys in movies. There are a lot of good looking women who don't like ken dolls or look for a more down-to-earth guy who has a great sense of humor or exceptional intelligence. If the guy has a bad personality that's something else entirely but there are women out there who actually don't care too much at all about appearance, it isn't just a Hollywood contrivance.

Posted by: becks at January 25, 2010 12:30 PM

So true!!! I meet great guys at ___uglymanfantasticwoman.com___! So many ugly guys and fantastic womans! Is true to life!

Posted by: Not a Spambot! Promises for Real! at January 25, 2010 5:24 PM

How does Catherine Keener manage to be in every movie of this genre. She's not bad, but this has to stop.

Posted by: Mancomb at January 25, 2010 6:57 PM