An average movie

Even though this movie was not really well received, since there were a couple of interesting actors involved, I thought I should check it out anyway. First of all, making a movie about an insurance sells man convention is a pretty tough sell but, personally, I thought they almost pulled it off. Indeed, I liked the general atmosphere created and it is not hard to believe that, in real life, some of those insurers must go pretty wild. As usual, John C. Reilly was pretty awesome, he stole the show every time he was on the screen and I really liked the fact that, at first, he seemed a real douche-bag but he turned out to be a rather nice fellow. I also liked Anne Heche's character even though she was a little too much underwritten for me and, concerning Sigourney Weave, she had even less to do. Still, I wasn't completely sold. Indeed, Ed Helms was rather underwhelming but it wasn't entirely his fault since his character was not really funny or interesting so I didn't care much about what was happening to him. Furthermore, some scenes didn't work very well (the party with Bree was just way over the top) and the whole scheme concerning the Two Diamonds was just totally uninteresting. Still, I think it remains a decent comedy and I guess it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10