Black and Cera produce yawns of biblical proportions.
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06/23/09
Year One (2009)
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Reviews Counted:149
Fresh:23
Rotten:126
Average Rating:3.9/10
Consensus: Year One is a poorly executed, slapdash comedy in which the talent both in front of and behind the camera never seem to be on the same page.
Theatrical Release:26-06-2009
Synopsis: When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Jack Black and Michael Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world in Columbia Pictures'... [More]
Starring: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt, David Cross
Director: Harold Ramis
Reviews for Year One
What LIFE OF BRIAN did so well, was take a strong narrative and dress it up with silly humor and a naked man with a long beard. YEAR ONE has nothing to fall back on here. It's like they weren't even trying.
06/23/09
About as funny as watching Black and Cera darning socks. No, I take that back, I think either of those men could make darning socks look pretty amusing.
06/23/09
[Year One has] some very funny moments but not enough of them.
06/22/09
This is a significant notch below the great Monty Python films that tackled religion with intelligence and wit.
06/22/09
In the beginning, there was the dud.
06/22/09
Year One is quite a mixed bag of nuts...which could repulse [some] viewers... But if you can supress your gag reflex...it ascends to hyperventilating levels of hilarity.
06/21/09
I expected more from veteran comic filmmaker Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day, Analyze That), who does little with the loss of innocence idea, and doesn't really find the laughs to make the premise go the distance.
06/21/09
Year One is an enjoyable knockabout comedy, but as a satire on human folly it's a disappointment; Ramis could have gone much further underlining the parallels between ancient and modern religious wars.
06/21/09
While... the filmmakers had a good time making the movie, not enough of it translates into a successful film... the script could have used a lot more divine intervention.
06/21/09
Blessed are the cheesemakers? Not this time.
06/21/09
Films like The Hangover and Superbad have proven that you don't need a big budget and lavish sets to make people laugh. For a comedy, Year One feels dated.
06/21/09
Black's biggest idiot in the village, overly flirty heathen turned moronic messiah tries to hunt and gather copious hairy bodied babes who really know how to stroke their spears, while a shackled Cera pees upside down through his collar.
06/20/09
Might not be Jack Black's best film, but it's definitely his worst!
06/20/09
Pointless and droll? Definitely, but 'Year One' still has its moments.
06/20/09
Year One contains a few jokes that work but what is really bothersome is that Cera and Black play the exact same roles they always play.
06/19/09
Ramis aims for a satirical Old Testament spoof akin to Monty Pythons Life of Brian, but the one-liners and grossout jokes are cribbed from the Gospel According to Mel Brooks.
06/19/09
It is so bad, in fact, that not only do I feel as though I have sullied the fine reputation of "Life of Brian" by mentioning it in the same paragraph, I fear I may have also sullied the reputation of "Wholly Moses" as well.
06/19/09
A weak comedy that overly relies on jokes from the Unholy Trinity of P - Penises, Poop and Pee Pee.
06/19/09
Rarely in the history of cinema have so many genuinely funny people come together to make a film that is so painfully unfunny to watch.
06/19/09
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