Cedar Rapids
Sort of “The Hangover” for quarantine, “Cedar Rapids” deftly mix friendship, laughter and excesses of any kind without too many side effects. Not sure if movie lovers will remember it all after a night’s sleep, but it is instantly allows viewing without any difficulty.
Take Tim (Ed Helms), an insurance agent completely harmless and without scale. And immerse it in a conference in Cedar Rapids where competition is fierce. Alone among the sharks, it may be eaten all round. Fortunately he is not alone, there are three more experienced officers (Anna Heche, John C. Reilly, Isiah Whitlock Jr.) to come to his rescue … or push it further.
Ed Helms will doubtless an enviable comic career, especially if he chooses his films well. Eternal second fiddle player who could make his mark in feature films doubtful (“Meet Dave”, “The Goods: Live Hard”, “Hard Sell”), he had a celebrity after the unexpected triumph of “The Hangover” in 2009 and its sequel is planned for this summer. With his looks and his friendly face banal, he recalls Steve Carell, and less hyperactive.
And the actor is without doubt one of the best elements of this title, camping perfectly the naive who knows nothing about nothing, while trying to overcome with his good humor. Along with the charismatic Anne Heche, the hilarious John C. Reilly and tongue-in-cheek Isiah Whitlock Jr., it forms a credible group of friends who can help themselves and get into trouble at every opportunity. A quartet that is enriched by the strong presence of Sigourney Weaver in a delicious role.
Known for his early efforts that took risks without following the established standards (“Star Maps” and especially “Chuck & Buck”), Miguel Arteta signs here a clear narrative, slightly prefabricated, but in a good mood if we abstraction of its many white son.
Without being as fit as he was last year with his superior “Youth in Revolt”, he’s tackling the sometimes hypocritical world of work. With his white gloves and despite the presence in the credits of the irreverent Alexander Payne (“Election”) in the producer’s chair, the creator of the interesting “The Good Girl” does not seek to lay a pamphlet social situation. Instead, it reproduces the pattern of rabbit out of hat, in this case the character of Ed Helms, who learn to truly live by trying to alcohol, drugs and deception. On the precipice of completely losing his soul, he learns the real virtue of happiness, work and friendship, which will no doubt give final moralizing discourse.
Enjoyable and substantial than the marshmallow, “Cedar Rapids” is a fun single-use, a candy that does not remain between the teeth and which serves only to amuse themselves without taking the head unnecessarily. It’s better than “The Dilemma”, for example, and the fuel light, but not childish risk of connoisseurs of the genre until a “Hangover 2″.
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