Cedar Rapids (Miguel Arteta, 2011)

A simple small-town insurance salesman is sent to an annual industry convention and taken under the wing of three conference veterans. His weekend and life then unravel rapidly as they cajole him to loosen up.
Ed Helms is cringeworthily funny enough as the virginal stiff, but is of course completely blown off the screen by John C. Reilly's boozy and potty-mouthed party monster while he's allowed free rein. It's a shame, then, that the latter has to be downtoned and pushed to back of stage later on, just to allow a somewhat sugary feelgood finale to be played out.

5/10