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Cedar Rapids

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Insurance agent Tim Lippe is sublimely naive. He has never stayed in a hotel, has never flown in a plane and has never even left his tiny Wisconsin hometown. Chosen to represent his company at a convention in Iowa, Tim meets three veteran attendees, who set him on course for a life-altering weekend of wild times and sweet temptation.
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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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Deborah Ross The Spectator 08/30/2018
Isn't a blazingly original comedy, but it has such a nice, tender-hearted feel to it I was won over and charmed. Go to Full Review Violet Lucca Film Comment Magazine 06/28/2013
The risks Cedar Rapids takes may not always pay off, but as a general rule, I would advise spending 86 minutes of your life with the movie rather than the city itself. Go to Full Review Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness 06/28/2011
B-
Hopelessly benign but still boisterous enough to deliver a mild buzz. Go to Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 07/31/2023
2.5/4
Phil Johnston’s screenplay has just enough heart to surpass its unabashed stereotypes and become a mildly effective comedy. Go to Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) 08/09/2022
They don't let a joke go by without taking advantage of it and batting it with underhanded grace. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/05/2020
3.5/4.0
Giving her best performance in quite some time, Anne Heche is simply magnificent. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Woodruff F. @Woodrufffoley Oct 13 Very fun movie!! The Dean Z!! See more Samuel D @sammyvegas Aug 8 Fantastic movie. Easily kills an hour and a half off my day. Great cast and great script. See more Ian F. @thismeansguerra Aug 5 Funny and fun 🤩 this a weird movie but worth a watch See more Larry T @Kowalski1975 Apr 2 The arrogance of this movie just kept slapping me in the face as I watched it. Although people call it a gentle comedy, it’s actually quite mean spirited in its mocking of people from the “flyover states” as well as in the insurance trade. The big national insurance convention is in San Diego every year, by the way, not some dump hotel in Cedar Rapids. See more Kevin P 01/27/2025 This is a hidden gem! I discovered it from a Wikipedia article on “Break My Stride” of all things during the 2020 pandemic lockdown while I was coming up with my movie bucket list. Admittedly, it took 4 years to finally watch it, mostly due to that intensely awkward first sex scene (if you know, you know). But God damn, this impressed me. This is a real underrated hidden gem. A really charming and relatable coming-of-age comedy about late bloomers. There’s so many subtle in-jokes, idioms, vernacular, and references to Wisconsin and the rest of the Midwest (shoutout to my college town, Stevens Point!). The movie takes stride in making exciting adventures out of the mundane ordinary. It’s like someone made a movie of that one fun family reunion weekend we had with our friends or family and it gets to shine in all of its friendly awkward glory. It feels very real and sincere with its characters and banter. The cast has so many great comedians, and John C Reiley easily steals the show. Every line of his is pure gold and you really buy his friendship with the rest of the cast. It’s not exactly an ambitious movie, but it’s not trying to be and it’s perfectly happy with its small slice of Midwestern life. See more Gareth v @geewah 06/19/2023 A movie that plays with placing an innocent and naive man out of his comfort zone, and does so reasonably well in this tightly scripted comedy. See more Read all reviews
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Miguel Arteta

Director

Ed Helms

Tim Lippe

John C. Reilly

Dean Ziegler

Anne Heche

Joan Ostrowski-Fox

Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Ronald Wilkes

Stephen Root

Bill Krogstad

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Synopsis Insurance agent Tim Lippe is sublimely naive. He has never stayed in a hotel, has never flown in a plane and has never even left his tiny Wisconsin hometown. Chosen to represent his company at a convention in Iowa, Tim meets three veteran attendees, who set him on course for a life-altering weekend of wild times and sweet temptation.
Director
Miguel Arteta
Producer
Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Screenwriter
Phil Johnston
Distributor
Fox Searchlight
Production Co
Ad Hominem Enterprises
Rating
R (Drug Use|Crude and Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 11, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.9M
Runtime
1h 27m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
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