Cedar Rapids

Tim Lippe (Helms) was the guy people always thought would go places but then he just … didn't. He's been living in über-sleepy Brown Valley, Wisconsin his whole life, still “pre-engaged” to his 7th grade teacher Macy Vanderhei (Weaver), while selling insurance to protect other people's dreams. But now, Tim's stalled life is about to get a kick-start because, for the first time in his 34 years, he's headed to a “major” metropolis – Cedar Rapids, Iowa – where he must try to save his company at a do-or-die insurance convention that, for him, will be entirely unconventional.

From the minute he checks into his hotel with his ancient American Tourister and cummerbund money belt, it's clear Tim has no idea how the modern world really works. He is soon smitten with seductive Nebraskan insurance agent Joan Ostrowski-Fox (Heche) and awed by his experienced roommates…

Critic Reviews:

• " Giving her best performance in quite some time, Anne Heche is simply magnificent. " – Richard Propes

• " Cedar Rapids gains points for mixing up its very, very rude comedy with a real sense of purpose. " – Felicia Feaster

• " Isn't a blazingly original comedy, but it has such a nice, tender-hearted feel to it I was won over and charmed. " – Deborah Ross