Cedar Rapids ***

Miguel Arteta directed this Comedy. Watch Preview Cast: Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Sigourney Weaver, Anne Heche, Isiah Whitlock Jr.,Stephen Root, Kurtwood Smith, Alia Shawkat, Mike O\'Malley, Rob Corddry, Seth Morris. Rated R for crude and sexual content, language and drug use. Running time is one hour and twenty-seven minutes.

A naive  insurance agent (Ed Helms), is sent to represent his company at the annual insurance convention in Cedar Rapids. His boss (Stephen Root) insists he bring back the coveted convention award and it takes the help of new  friends (Reilly, Heche, Whitlock Jr.) to bring it all about.

This is an adult movie about frustrated and lonely insurance agents who meet once a year in Cesar Rapids to blow off a little steam and then forget about it (what happens in Cedar Rapids, stays in Cedar Rapids). You might think that plot would have very few laughs, but you'd be wrong. Helms is the lead, a "babe in the woods" whose sexual advancement is limited to having an affair with his seventh grade teacher. Reilly is excellent, as he always is, and the rest of the cast is note perfect. The plot isn't totally believable but it is most enjoyable to watch. There's nothing in this film requiring a big screen but you'll find it more enjoyable if you watch with a number of others. Theatre/Times.