the main characters are from wisconsin, minnesota and nebraska. and most of the movie takes place in a hotel.
shareThis board kills me. Every midwesterner getting their panties in a bunch.
The movie was funny without being the least bit offensive.
these people are all drinking cherry creme.
shareCream Sherry -- see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherry
Pretty accurate portrayal of the Midwest I think.
And it was shot in Michigan. That's the one thing I think they could be offended by, the film cash that didn't come to their state.
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I haven't read anything about Iowans getting offended but people from Wisconsin. The movie did poke fun of Iowa more than anything but big deal.
shareI have lived in Cedar Rapids for three years now. (from Detroit, MI) I am pretty upset that they didn't film it here, but it's the little things about the movie that bothered me because it just didn't feel like they were in Cedar Rapids...because they weren't. If I didn't live here, I wouldn't know or care.
The BEST thing about the movie was how they made fun of people from Wisconsin. I have noticed people from Iowa LOVE to make fun of people from Wisconsin and everyone I know that went to see the movie mentioned how they loved how stupid they made our neighbors to the north look. hahahaha. So funny. :)
-Julia
Did ya hear they're going to take the bottom row of counties in Minnesota,cede them to Iowa and raise the IQ's in both states?
Wisconsin is your neighbor to the east, Iwegan.
This will be the high point of my day; it's all downhill from here.
I am an Iowan, born and raised - I live in Dubuque, roughly 65 miles northeast of CR - and nobody round these parts have found any reason to be offended. If anything, small-town folk, regardless of where they live, will find a way to be offended because small-town folk are weirdos. I'm not a high-falutin' metropolitan individual myself - Dubuque's population is around 65,000 - but I'm in no way from a tiny town where everyone is weird.
Helluva good movie. Even though it was filmed in Michigan, they got some stuff right, like the Quaker Oats factory.
Dude, I have been to Dubuque (many times) and it is a small town, period. Basically, you just called yourself a weirdo.
shareI think by small town he means like 5000 people or whatever. If you live in Iowa, Dubuque doesn't seem like a small town. Seriously, I used to live there and anything over 30,000 seems kinda big.
shareThere is virtually no difference in behaviors between Dubuque residents and the people in the small towns surrounding it. Regional economics and sociology actually describes this type of effect.
shareHmm, I can't speak for Dubuque, but I did once live in a town in Iowa in the 30,000 people range, and it seemed to me there was a significant difference between the culture there and in little towns nearby. For example, clothing styles like baggy pants made it to the larger town but didn't seem to make much headway in the little ones. The people in the little towns seemed more sheltered and old fashioned. When I went to community college I found I got along much better with the folks from tiny towns and farms. Of course it was a difference of degree rather than a sharp dividing line, and it could have just been my experience.
shareI'm from Cedar Rapids, and honestly I haven't met anyone under the age of 60 who actually cares. The only real controversy was over the fact it was not actually filmed here. I do find the way Cedar Rapids was portrayed as laughably inaccurate, but it's nothing I was upset by.
shareHow was it inaccurate? The majority of the film takes place at an insurance convention in a hotel. The location is an afterthought.
shareHow was it inaccurate? The majority of the film takes place at an insurance convention in a hotel. The location is an afterthought.That's what I was thinking, too. There didn't seem to be anything that required it to be in Cedar Rapids. They just needed a place that's bigger than a small town, but definitely not a city. It set up for a couple jokes about Ed Helms' character acting like it's a big city (e.g. the hidden wallet pouch), but that was about it.
it grades their cheddar.
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So obvious. Iowans are mostly buttoned up caucus crazies who only long for passing into that wonderland mythic heaven where they can paint rainbows and tiny Jesus pics on their jowls for eternity. Not that I'm biased.
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