Cedar Rapids (8.5/10)

From minute one I think you'll realize that your in for a treat. Cedar Rapids is one of the most enjoyable comedies I've seen this year and I'm pretty sure it will remain so. It's got charm/sweetness, humor,  a lot of little things you'll just love and a marvelous cast.

So we are introduced into the life of Tim Lippe (Ed Helms hitting a home-run), a man child in the insurance game. He's sleeping with his old middle school teacher Macy (Sigourney Weaver). Everytime calling sex "making love", love is the last thing on Macy's mind. Tim is so innocent it's safe to assume he thinks sex only happens when your in love. His insurance company sends him to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to win a competition and bring back the big award. Watching him go through airport security is even funny when he's not doing anything. He's got a grin from ear to ear and has no idea what to do, it's all new to him. I think that like Charlie Kelly, he's never left his hometown either. Ed Helms has the Buster Keaton effect, their both funny even when they're not doing anything.

Tim stays in a room with Ronald (Isiah Whitlock Jr. ; his "The Wire" inside jokes are classic) and the big-mouth and out going Dean Ziegler (A show stealing John C. Reilly). The three clown around with Joan Fox (Anne Heche getting it just right) as Tim comes out of his shell. The film has genuine feeling and emotion as well as huge laughs (John C. Reilly is a nonstop laugh machine). By the time the film ends you'll feel what I felt. That you just watched a great film.

8.5/10
Recommendation: Watch it! It's fantastic!