Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids (2011), directed by Miguel Arteta, is a small-town comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Ed Helms stars as a sheltered insurance salesman sent on the first real business trip of his life.

Tim Lippe has barely left his county and treats a regional insurance convention in Cedar Rapids like the big leagues. Once there, he falls in with a rowdy trio: John C. Reilly's loud, cynical party animal Dean, the steady Ronimund, and Joan, who uses these conventions to be someone she can't be at home. Hotel-pool benders, dodgy new friends, and a fight for the industry's top award pull Tim out of his shell faster than he can handle.

Under the boozy comedy of manners sits a gentle story about a man who finally stops being everyone's pushover. Reilly is gloriously unleashed, and Helms plays earnest awkwardness without tipping into cartoon. A modest, likable picture for anyone who enjoys humor built on little people and large embarrassments. Stream Cedar Rapids (2011) online on iFILM.