Metacritic Movie Ratings
Cedar Rapids Reviews

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• 91

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Sweetness makes the raunch in this honestly funny movie even funnier.

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• 90

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  Tim isn't super anything (though he proves heroic), and what makes Cedar Rapids a low-wattage pleasure is its insistence that his ordinariness - with his decency and sense of wonder - is pretty extraordinary.

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• 80

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey

  If that all sounds like a lot of good, clean fun, a word of warning. In what seems to have become the genre's raison d'etre, the dialogue is so blue at times that you'll probably feel the heat of the blushing cheeks on either side of you, especially whenever Reilly's fast-talking savant of smut shows up.

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• 80

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  The main thing about Cedar Rapids is that it makes you laugh-often and out loud.

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• 75

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  This is a Frank Capra-meets-Judd Apatow comedy with a sweetness-laced ribaldry.

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• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Cedar Rapids has something of the same spirit of "Fargo" in its approach to the earnest natures of its small-towners.

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• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips

  Modest in every way, the screenplay by Phil Johnston is enjoyable in the telling even when the details smack of contrivance.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Variety

  Though not as uproarious as "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," director Miguel Arteta's consistently entertaining white-collar laffer could do for Helms what that film did for Steve Carell.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  It's not exactly "The Hangover," but the dialogue and situations often get distinctly gamey.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Village VoiceJ. Hoberman

  A mild comedy of embarrassment.

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