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When a naive, small-town insurance agent named Tim Lippe (Ed Helms, The Hangover) goes to a convention in the big city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, his life gets turned inside out under the influence of three convention veterans. This sort of fish-out-of-water comedy could have been a flimsy excuse for broad slapstick and absurd high jinks; instead, in the confident hands of director Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl, Chuck & Buck), Cedar Rapids becomes something more humane and, in a quiet way, more ambitious. Helms manages to make Tim genuine, a man-child but not a cartoon; the movie's situations skirt wackiness, yet always remain in the realm of something emotionally real. (The movie also reflects the influence of producers Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, who created the similarly character-rich movies Sideways, Almost Schmidt, and Election.) The whole cast hits the right notes, from such familiar faces as John C. Reilly (Magnolia, Talladega Nights), Anne Heche, and Sigourney Weaver to such stealthy character actors as Stephen Root (NewsRadio), Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine), Isiah Whitlock Jr. (The Wire), and Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development). Cedar Rapids is sweet without being cloying, funny without being manic, and even a little sad at times, without ever turning up the violins on the soundtrack. It's an honest movie, and there are all too few of them out there. --Bret Fetzer
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Ed Helms (The Hangover 1 & 2) and John C. Reilly (Step Brothers) lead an all-star cast including Sigourney Weaver, Isiah Whitlock Jnr. and Anne Heche, in the comedy that shows what can happen when insurance agents go wild. Shy and naïve Tim Lippe (Helms) ventures to the big city of “Cedar Rapids” for an insurance convention and crosses paths with the ultimate party animal (Reilly). Before long, Tim is crashing parties, skinny dipping in the hotel pool and being seduced by a sexy soccer mom. If Tim can survive this weekend, it might just change his life forever.
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Special Features:
- Deleted Scenes: Dinner With Macy; Song Dedication; Cart Ride; Fire Extinguisher Fight; Goodbye to Bree; Cabin Extras
- Featurettes including: Mike O'Malley - Urban Clogger; Tweaking in the USA; Wedding Belles - Crashing a Lesbian Wedding; Top Notch Commercial
- Gag Reel
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By El Zilcho
Format:DVD
From the description and trailer this seemed like a much more gentle version of The Hangover-type film (I am starting to get a nervous twitch every time another idiotic copy of that comes out) - and it is. But smart sharp writing and scripting this ain't.
The basic plot idea - of an insurance salesman from the backwoods being forced out into the big world - is fine. And I like the elements about what he has to do to win the insurance industry award on behalf of his corrupt boss, and the 'epiphany/discovery' he undergoes. But while the DVD cover bigs up the 'hilariously wild' things he gets up to with an infamously rowdy salesman (John C. Reilly), most of that is a let-down. He drinks a couple of sherries, smokes a bong with a prostitute (jarringly out of character) and sleeps with a colleague, that's it! And while I was thankful that there wasn't another inevitable 'regrettable tattoo' cliché scene, the overall effect is a bit tame and weak. John C. Reilly seems to be ad-libbing everything and it's not very strong material - mostly just some 'shock' swearing.
I want to 'like' this film, i.e. give it 4 stars here, but it's only good enough for 'it's ok'. It's refreshingly feel-good in this day and age of nasty, gross-out 'comedies' and definitely worth a watch on a cheap or package rental, but it's not something you need to own.
The basic plot idea - of an insurance salesman from the backwoods being forced out into the big world - is fine. And I like the elements about what he has to do to win the insurance industry award on behalf of his corrupt boss, and the 'epiphany/discovery' he undergoes. But while the DVD cover bigs up the 'hilariously wild' things he gets up to with an infamously rowdy salesman (John C. Reilly), most of that is a let-down. He drinks a couple of sherries, smokes a bong with a prostitute (jarringly out of character) and sleeps with a colleague, that's it! And while I was thankful that there wasn't another inevitable 'regrettable tattoo' cliché scene, the overall effect is a bit tame and weak. John C. Reilly seems to be ad-libbing everything and it's not very strong material - mostly just some 'shock' swearing.
I want to 'like' this film, i.e. give it 4 stars here, but it's only good enough for 'it's ok'. It's refreshingly feel-good in this day and age of nasty, gross-out 'comedies' and definitely worth a watch on a cheap or package rental, but it's not something you need to own.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Tim Kidner
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
Oh, yes it is! Or so, we're lead to believe, as the film pushes the beige (Brown Valley, Iowa) aspects at us of the very inwardly looking staff who work at the Brown Star insurance company (all six of them).
Including boring and naive Ed Helms as Tim Lippe (pron. Lippy) who is sent to the big bad world of Cedar Falls to attend a conference, after one of the executives dies during a sexual act. He's sort of engaged to Sigourney Weaver and whom he constantly consults about everything he isn't sure of - which is almost everything.
It's very obvious where this film is going and whilst many were no doubt expecting a riotously bawdy 'Hangover' style comedy, Cedar Rapids isn't and never pretends that it will be. It's gentler, with Helms remaining nerdily sweet throughout, even when he succumbs to alcohol (Cream Sherry!), antics in a pool and sex with Anne Heche. And, oh, drugs, too.
The flesh on these bones are the supporting cast, notably John C Reilly as an obnoxious and flashy irritant, who swears a lot and thinks only of sex. I found his vulgarity a bit wearying but it was better than in some 'gross-out' films and one can believe that such people do exist.
I saw it on Sky Movies - I wouldn't have been so pleased if I'd paid to see it in the cinema or bought the DVD, but as it was, it was quite good, especially if expectations are lowered a bit and if characterization is more important than hilarity and bawdiness. You might like it also if you happen to work in insurance yourself!
Including boring and naive Ed Helms as Tim Lippe (pron. Lippy) who is sent to the big bad world of Cedar Falls to attend a conference, after one of the executives dies during a sexual act. He's sort of engaged to Sigourney Weaver and whom he constantly consults about everything he isn't sure of - which is almost everything.
It's very obvious where this film is going and whilst many were no doubt expecting a riotously bawdy 'Hangover' style comedy, Cedar Rapids isn't and never pretends that it will be. It's gentler, with Helms remaining nerdily sweet throughout, even when he succumbs to alcohol (Cream Sherry!), antics in a pool and sex with Anne Heche. And, oh, drugs, too.
The flesh on these bones are the supporting cast, notably John C Reilly as an obnoxious and flashy irritant, who swears a lot and thinks only of sex. I found his vulgarity a bit wearying but it was better than in some 'gross-out' films and one can believe that such people do exist.
I saw it on Sky Movies - I wouldn't have been so pleased if I'd paid to see it in the cinema or bought the DVD, but as it was, it was quite good, especially if expectations are lowered a bit and if characterization is more important than hilarity and bawdiness. You might like it also if you happen to work in insurance yourself!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Tim Lippe (Ed Helms - The Hangover) is a small-town insurance salesman who has lived and worked in Brown county for Brownstar (giggle) insurance. Tim is remarkably straight-laced & naive with an optimistic & idealistic view on the world. When the #1 sales rep dies in a freak auto-erotic-asphyxiation accident, it's up to Tim to secure the prestigious insurance 'Two-Diamonds' award for Brownstar which means heading down to the notoriously amoral ASMI convention in Cedar Rapids.
Tim, with the help of his fellow reps, alcoholic Ziegler (John C Reilly - Walk Hard) the 'foxy' Ostrowski-Fox (Anne Heche) and 'The Ronimo' Ronald Wilkes (Isiah Whitlock Jr.) finds out that the Two-Diamond award is not what it seems and he will have to break all of his morals to get it, but does he even want it if he has to sell-out to get it?
Cedar Rapids is heart-warming film of a sheltered guy discovering himself; as Tim fumbles with his attraction to O-Fox, dabbles in drugs & alcohol and struggles with the morality of the conference, we see him grow as a person. Cedar Rapids does this and all the while manages to steer clear of the usual 'Omega-male' comedy clichés (sexual-inadequacy & risk-aversion) and shows Tim as a party-animal just waiting to be let off the chain - very refreshing. Well directed by Miguel Arteta with a solid cast (Sigourney Weaver has a small role!) Cedar Rapids delivers nearly 90 minutes of laughs straight. Recommended!!
Tim, with the help of his fellow reps, alcoholic Ziegler (John C Reilly - Walk Hard) the 'foxy' Ostrowski-Fox (Anne Heche) and 'The Ronimo' Ronald Wilkes (Isiah Whitlock Jr.) finds out that the Two-Diamond award is not what it seems and he will have to break all of his morals to get it, but does he even want it if he has to sell-out to get it?
Cedar Rapids is heart-warming film of a sheltered guy discovering himself; as Tim fumbles with his attraction to O-Fox, dabbles in drugs & alcohol and struggles with the morality of the conference, we see him grow as a person. Cedar Rapids does this and all the while manages to steer clear of the usual 'Omega-male' comedy clichés (sexual-inadequacy & risk-aversion) and shows Tim as a party-animal just waiting to be let off the chain - very refreshing. Well directed by Miguel Arteta with a solid cast (Sigourney Weaver has a small role!) Cedar Rapids delivers nearly 90 minutes of laughs straight. Recommended!!
By GH
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
A typical American comedy. From a friend's recommendation I had expected more. But the theme was hackneyed, the acting extremely average and the whole thing far too predictable
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Cedar Rapids is a quirky comedy that mixes two common cinema basics: the mismatched buddy movie & the fish-out-of-water scenario. With hints of "The Hangover" and "Napoleon Dynamite", Cedar Rapids has the same off beat feel as "Little Miss Siunshine". Perhaps not as downright funny as one might expect given the cast & setup, it successfully shows the main characters grow beyond their stereotypical roots, and as such you learn to love them all the more for that.
Tim is an insurance salesman from Brown Valley, Wisconsin but unlike most people in the insurance business he's a good guy - too good for a profession dominated by sharks! His boss sends Tim to a convention in Cedar Rapids to capture a prestigious award for the company but for the mild mannered and quiet Tim, Cedar Rapids is like Vegas!! Add to the mix an loud, obnoxious, opinionated John C Reilly as his room mate, a couple of female love intrests (a prostitute & a married woman) plus the under-hand dealings Tim has to learn to acquire the much sought after award then the film reveals its slow-release charm
The humour in Cedar Rapids is sometimes hit-or-miss, but there are more hits than misses and the film's strength lies in character interaction. The bonding between Tim and Dean, (played by a scene stealing John C Reilly) is predictable but both actors play it well.
Tim is an insurance salesman from Brown Valley, Wisconsin but unlike most people in the insurance business he's a good guy - too good for a profession dominated by sharks! His boss sends Tim to a convention in Cedar Rapids to capture a prestigious award for the company but for the mild mannered and quiet Tim, Cedar Rapids is like Vegas!! Add to the mix an loud, obnoxious, opinionated John C Reilly as his room mate, a couple of female love intrests (a prostitute & a married woman) plus the under-hand dealings Tim has to learn to acquire the much sought after award then the film reveals its slow-release charm
The humour in Cedar Rapids is sometimes hit-or-miss, but there are more hits than misses and the film's strength lies in character interaction. The bonding between Tim and Dean, (played by a scene stealing John C Reilly) is predictable but both actors play it well.
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I'll admit I only watched this film for the cast. The plot, small town salesman discovers himself at sales conference, would have turned me right off. Read more
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Didn't laugh out loud a single time
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Published 23 months ago by M. Freeman
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"Thank you, Insurance Man"
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