Cedar Rapids is a cracking little comedy from director Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl, Youth and Revolt) and it stars two of my favorite comedy actors around at the moment in Ed Helms and John C. Reilly.
The film is very sweet and charming at times, a trait which is equaled by its crudeness and funny visual gags. It all comes together to form a well rounded but slightly flawed comedy which benefits from a very solid all round cast performance.
The story is of Tim Lippe (Helms), a naive native of a small town called Brown Valley. He’s never ventured past its borders, knows little of the world and is pre-engaged to his 7th grade teacher Millie Vanderhei (Sigourney Weaver). Tim works for the successful Brown Star Insurance company, winner of the coveted Two Diamond award three years running thanks to the company’s golden boy Roger Lemke.
The film is very sweet and charming at times, a trait which is equaled by its crudeness and funny visual gags. It all comes together to form a well rounded but slightly flawed comedy which benefits from a very solid all round cast performance.
The story is of Tim Lippe (Helms), a naive native of a small town called Brown Valley. He’s never ventured past its borders, knows little of the world and is pre-engaged to his 7th grade teacher Millie Vanderhei (Sigourney Weaver). Tim works for the successful Brown Star Insurance company, winner of the coveted Two Diamond award three years running thanks to the company’s golden boy Roger Lemke.
- 4/27/2011
- by Gary Phillips
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Director Miguel Arteta is something of a Sundance darling, considering most of his previous films have played at previous Sundance festivals, so it’s no surprise that he has returned here to premiere his new insurance comedy, Cedar Rapids. Starring the always delightful Ed Helms of The Office fame (Mr. Andy Bernard) alongside comedic heavyweight John C. Reilly and a delightful supporting cast including Anne Heche, Alia Shawkat and Isiah Whitlock Jr. of the The Wire fame (there are 3 amazingly hilarious references to the show had the audiences and myself in stitches). Utilizing his cast to the fullest, Arteta delivers a highly enjoyable comedy that is filled with laughs and heart.
The story centers on Tim Lippe, a naive insurance salesmen from the Midwest who lives a simple and quaint life, dating his divorced high school teacher (Sigourney Weaver). All that changes when the lead salesman Roger Lemke (Thomas Lennon...
The story centers on Tim Lippe, a naive insurance salesmen from the Midwest who lives a simple and quaint life, dating his divorced high school teacher (Sigourney Weaver). All that changes when the lead salesman Roger Lemke (Thomas Lennon...
- 1/25/2011
- by Raffi Asdourian
- The Film Stage
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