Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids (2011) starring Ed Helms, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Root, John C. Reilly, Anne Heche. Insurance salesman Tim Lippe (Helms) travels to Cedar Rapids, Iowa for an insurance convention -- the first time in his life he's been outside his comfort zone in small-town Wisconsin. He ends up getting drunk for the first time, getting laid, and smoking crack. And that's just in the first half of the movie. In the final analysis, this is a damn likable little movie, not too complicated, that will win viewers over with its sincerity and wit. Watching it made me feel good, and a lot of the credit for that goes to Helms, who is sympathetic as the small-town lad who goes to the big city. The disc offers subtitles for the hearing-impaired, as well as closed captions. Grade: B+