Cedar Rapids (2011)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 156
Fresh: 133 | Rotten: 23
It's as conventional as its Midwestern setting, but Cedar Rapids boasts a terrific cast and a script that deftly blends R-rated raunch and endearing sweetness.
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 5
It's as conventional as its Midwestern setting, but Cedar Rapids boasts a terrific cast and a script that deftly blends R-rated raunch and endearing sweetness.
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To call insurance agent Tim Lippe (Ed Helms), "naïve" is a gross understatement. He's never left his small hometown. He's never stayed at a hotel. And he's never experienced anything like Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sent to represent his company at the annual insurance convention, Tim is soon distracted by three convention veterans (John C. Reilly, Anne Heche and Isiah Whitlock Jr.) who will show him the ropes and push his boundaries. For a guy who plays everything by the book, this convention will be
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Cast
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Ed Helms
Tim Lippe -
John C. Reilly
Dean Ziegler -
Anne Heche
Joan Ostrowski-Fox -
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Ronald Wilkes -
Stephen Root
Bill Krogstad -
Kurtwood Smith
Orrin Helgeson -
Alia Shawkat
Bree -
Thomas Lennon
Roger Lemke -
Rob Corddry
Gary -
Mike O'Malley
Mike Pyle -
Sigourney Weaver
Macy Vanderhei -
Inga Wilson
Gwen Lemke -
Mike Birbiglia
Trent -
Seth Morris
Uncle Ken -
Christopher Lemon
Rock Climbing Dude #1 -
Sudhi Rajagopal
Rock Climbing Dude #2 -
Chris DiAngelo
Kurt Gambsky -
Lindsey Alexandra Hartley
Pam Gambsky -
Welker White
Dione Krogstad -
John Djurovski
Bartender -
Charlie Sanders
TSA Agent -
Craig Janos
Jack Nicholson Imperson... -
Tracey Maloney
Flight Attendant -
Steve Blackwood
Lindy -
Carl Harry Carlson
Older Man -
Kenneth Wood
Waiter -
Lisa Lacasse
Lila -
James Howard Carr
Swarthy Man -
David Rhoads
Ball Pit Judge -
Bruce Giffin
Photographer -
Teresa Yenque
Maid -
Helen-Jean Arthur
Church Lady -
Michael Tuba Heatherton
Plate Spinner -
Leisa Pulido
Talent Show MC -
Ed Jewett
Bearded Dude -
Zackary Hamlin
Clem -
Kimberly Moncrieff
Small Woman -
Linda Riker
Small Woman's Friend -
Michael Buie
Brian Early -
Roz Music
Lady -
Loit Maripuu
Customer #3 -
Bruce Lawson
Customer #4 -
Ian Minicuci
Perry (Man in Wheelchai... -
Penny Gibbs
ASMI Representative -
Victor Pytko
Merle Huss -
Sandy Gittleson
Sherri Fahrenkrug -
Richard L. Fox
Hotel Employee -
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Joanne McGee
Mom -
Hayley Zeccardi
Daughter
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All Critics (156) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (134) | Rotten (24) | DVD (10)
More man-child high-jinks in a comedy which seems to be looking down its nose at smalltown America's terminally unhip, but proves good-hearted and delivers enough laughter to seal the deal.
Top CriticThese folk are undistinguished yet distinctive, and the film, for all the familiar grind of its plotting, pays them their honest due.
Considering it has to do with infidelity, bribery, drugs, drinking, loutish behavior, fraud and prostitution, Cedar Rapids is really kind of a sweet movie.
Cedar Rapids takes an inordinate number of wrong turns, but it also has an inordinate number of good laughs mixed in with the not-so-good ones.
It's yet another comedy that's trying too hard to sell something past its date.
Helms delivers a performance of touching delicacy, one almost as remarkable as that of Tom Hanks in Big.
While this isn't destined to be remembered as a great standout comedy ... it is still guaranteed to provide a few giggles and knee-slaps.
With "Cedar Rapids," the filmmakers seem to put too much faith in their material, thinking that it would be funny enough to carry the whole film without them having to put too much thought into the story. Sadly, they were quite mistaken.
You've already heard what Cedar Rapids has to say, but the ensemble cast does a good job of going over the same ground so that you don't mind covering it with them.
The cast is inherently likable, and the comedy is pleasantly sweet-natured (even if crack pipes, c-bombs and references to The Wire abound).
... I wanted to spend more time with these characters ...
There's a restraint and sweetness to the raunch that keeps it below the threshold of certain other R-rated comedies about away-from-home shenanigans gone bawdily awry.
The supporting cast are uniformly excellent too, particular Reilly, whose blow-hard Deanzie gradually reveals a softer, empathetic side.
Hopelessly benign but still boisterous enough to deliver a mild buzz.
Arteta doesn't balance the broad with the genuine easily, leaving Cedar Rapids a largely laugh-free, erratic picture.
Everyone does good work here, but for Helms this is a breakout role, and he delivers. Cedar Rapids is a modest but disarming comedy that will leave a smile on your face...
Engagingly funny.
Cedar Rapids is at its best when it pushes Helms into uncomfortable situations and makes him figure them out. But the movie remains less than completely satisfying
Cardboard caricatures of midwesterners make for a few easy laughs
Everyone will leave feeling like they just had a properly-sized snack of delicious popcorn when they really wanted a juicy burger. It's responsible and you don't regret it, but it doesn't go down in history either.
A kind of American Pie for young adults, there is much amiable and good-hearted humour here amongst the cruder elements and the strange nether-world of conventions is amusingly captured.
What happens in "Cedar Rapids" doesn't stay in Cedar Rapids ... Excellent news for film-goers in the mood for something hilariously off-kilter.
Audience Reviews for Cedar Rapids
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- Small Woman: Eat me, cop.
- Dean Ziegler: I'm not a cop, Joan Jet.
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- Dean Ziegler: What do you call an anorexic with a yeast infection? A quarter pounder with cheese!
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- Joan Ostrowski-Fox: Thank you, Insurance Man.
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- Tim Lippe: Cream sherry.
- Dean Ziegler: Cream sherry. This one's weird!
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- Ronald Wilkes: Of course I have my guilty pleasures... like antiquing.
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- Ronald Wilkes: NTS, that's Not Too Shabby
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- Willkommen in Cedar Rapids (DE)
- Bienvenue à Cedar Rapids (FR)
