Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids (2011)

  • 85% of critics liked it
    (156 reviews)

  • 59% of users liked it
    (24,471 ratings)

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… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Phil Johnston
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Feb 11, 2011 Limited
Fox Searchlight Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Trevor Johnston, Time Out

    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.

  • Anthony Lane, New Yorker

    These folk are undistinguished yet distinctive, and the film, for all the familiar grind of its plotting, pays them their honest due.

  • Tom Long, Detroit News

    Considering it has to do with infidelity, bribery, drugs, drinking, loutish behavior, fraud and prostitution, Cedar Rapids is really kind of a sweet movie.

  • Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

    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.

  • Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

    It's yet another comedy that's trying too hard to sell something past its date.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • UUd I


    I know that feel when something trust isn't real. But I think that's not the answer.

  • Wildaly M


    Actually funnier than I expected. But I also expected something more I guess.

  • Directors C


    [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] There is no doubting that Cedar Rapids has a talented cast that if given the right material are completely capable of making you laugh out loud, the film isn't as funny as it could have been. However my… More

  • Lucas M


    It's a nice, funny and entertaining film with a interesting plot, but Cedar Rapids is not what I really expect. The script turn to be weak, just like the direction. Anyway this comedy altogether is a good film due to the black humor. Fresh.

  • Jason C


    It's hard to tell what this movie was trying to achieve, but it flushed a talented cast and a promising plot directly down the toilet. I expected a film that would have me laughing hysterically, and "Cedar Rapids" failed to make that happen. In fact, outside of John C.… More

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