Cedar Rapids

Ed Helms lives is a sleepy town in Wisconsin and is an insurance agent. He's pre-engaged to his 7th grade teacher and is a good, god fearing man. He sells insurance to protect other people's dreams and feels he's doing a great job and life is quite satisfactory. He's a small man with little dreams. Quite dull, boring and simple actually. He's a goldfish comfortable in his small bowl. 

But here comes the the real shake up, because as the regular representative from his company dies accidentally and hence cannot represent the company at a major Insurance convention, Ed Helms is chosen as a replacement. 

So now the goldfish is headed to the deep, dark, dangerous ocean. Ed helms is headed to a big town called Cedar Rapids where he will be representing his company in a do or die convention. If he fails to win the coveted 2-Diamond Award at the convention presented by an industry legend then his company goes belly up and shuts shop. 


Now this small goldfish doesn't know how the big sea works and he meets three dolphins and has to start learning the rules of the world from them before he's gobbled up by the circling sharks.

Cedar Rapids has a nerdy, simple minded character who is thrown in one ridiculous situation after another and he continually evolves, turning from a goldfish into a good hearted whale who's not afraid of doing the right thing, even if it means going against the sharks.

This is an earnest film with lively characters and a few absurd situations treated in a very real manner. 

Cedar Rapids