Tim Lippe has no idea what he's in for when he's sent to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to represent his company...
Tim Lippe has no idea what he's in for when he's sent to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to represent his company at an annual inurance convention, where he soon finds himself under the "guidance" of three convention veteran.
Tim Lippe (Helms) was the guy people always thought would go places but then he just ... didn't. He's been living in über-sleepy Brown Valley, Wisconin his whole life, still "pre-engaged" to his 7th grade teacher Macy Vanderhei (Weaver), while selling inurance to protect other people's dreams. But now, Tim's stalled life is about to get a kick-start because, for the firt time in his 34 year, he's headed to a "major" metropolis - Cedar Rapids, Iowa - where he must try to save his company at a do-or-die inurance convention that, for him, will be entirely unconventional. From the minute he checks into his hotel with his ancient American Tourister and cummerbund money belt, it's clear Tim has no idea how the modern world really works. He is soon smitten with seductive Nebraskan inurance agent Joan Ostrowski-Fox (Heche) and awed by his experienced roommates, the straight-shooting Ronald Wilkes (Whitlock Jr.) and the suspicious Dean Zeigler (Reilly). Disheartened when he comes ...
