This was one of the few comedies that made it into Sundance this year, and after sitting down to watch it, I can see why. Ed Helms stars as Tim Lippe, an insurance salesman with a slight case of agoraphobia. A last minute decision sends him off to Cedar Rapids for an insurance convention and he is given very specific instructions not to associate with another agent, Dean Ziegler (John C. Reilly). Lippe is a very small fish in a very loud pond when he arrives at the convention, where he unwittingly befriends a prostitute right away (Alia Shawkat from Arrested Development). He also warms up to fellow insurance agents Ronald Wilkes (Isiah Witlock Jr.) and Joan Ostrowski-Fox (Anne Heche) and eventually starts to warm up to Zeigler (Deanzie to his friends). Of course his new friends bring out a side of Lippe he's never seen before and in turn, this three day trip turns into the wake-up call that changes his life forever. Please go see this film! The characters are developed extremely well and the director, Miguel Arteta, really makes them shine! Cedar Rapids opens nation wide in theaters this Friday!
I give Cedar Rapids a 9 outta 10.
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