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Year One (2009)

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Reviews Counted:159

Fresh:23

Rotten:136

Average Rating:3.8/10

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.

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Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude and sexual content throughout, brief strong language and comic violence

Runtime: 1 hr. 37 min.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Comedy

Theatrical Release: Jun 19, 2009 Wide

Box Office: $43.3M

Synopsis: When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Black and Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient... When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Black and Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world. [More]

Starring: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt, David Cross

Starring: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt, David Cross, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Vinnie Jones, Hank Azaria, Juno Temple, Olivia Wilde, June Diane Raphael, Xander Berkeley, Gia Carides, Horatio Sanz, David Pasquesi, Matthew J. Willig, Harold Ramis, Rhoda Griffis, Gabriel Sunday, Eden Riegel, Kyle Gass, Bill Hader, Marshall Manesh (II), Rion Hunter, Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg, Eric Gipson, Lacie Manshack, Weston Hollenshead, Paul Scheer, Matt Besser, Drue Franklin, Joaquin Townsend, Bryan Massey, Keet Davis, Tim Hilton, Ashley Nicole Caldwell, Mark Cotone, Jack Walker, Jamal Sims, Sarah Christine Smith, Kelly Connolly, Michael Morris, Leslie Geldbach, Katherine Miller, Paul Rudd, Matthew Willig

Director: Harold Ramis

Director: Harold Ramis
Screenwriter: Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg
Producer: Judd Apatow, Clayton Townsend
Distributor: Sony Pictures

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Jul 7, 2010
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Jul 7, 2010
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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
Jul 7, 2010
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

a lazy excrescence of a film. Crude, sloppy, flat, and singularly uninspired, its only redeeming virtue is proving that Michael Cera is capable of rising above even this abominable material

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
Jul 4, 2010
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

Only big fans of Cera and Black need catch this film, and even then, it's far from a must-see.

Full Review Source: Fan The Fire | comment Comment
Apr 15, 2010
Sam Bathe
Sam Bathe
Fan The Fire

What's even more depressing than the never-ending stream of sub-sixth-grade toilet humor is the sad fact that Year One is helmed and co-produced by two of the best laughmeisters in the business.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
Jan 5, 2010
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

Not everything Judd Apatow touches is gold.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
Jan 5, 2010
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

Creatively it's a giant step backwards, with Jack Black and Michael Cera playing to the kids as inept hunter-gatherers who stumble across various Old Testament characters.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
Jan 5, 2010
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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The problem is not the historicity, or lack thereof, in a comedy, but the uneven pace of the humor.

Full Review Source: Cinemalogue.com | comment Comment
Dec 6, 2009
Rubin Safaya
Rubin Safaya
Cinemalogue.com

Producer Judd Apatow has gone from comedy gourmand to McDonald-izing in four years. And when in doubt, director Harold Ramis makes Jack Black eat his own feces and Michael Cera pee in his own mouth. Yes, this is at the level of YouTube monkey comedy.

Full Review Source: Suite101.com | comment Comment
Dec 3, 2009
Nick Rogers
Nick Rogers
Suite101.com

This one is destined to take its place alongside films like Evan Almighty and Wholly Moses!.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
Oct 10, 2009
James Plath
James Plath
DVDTown.com

The only thing that can be mustered up for the whole sorry enterprise is pity.

Full Review Source: Projection Booth | comment Comment
Oct 9, 2009
Rob Humanick
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

As underwhelming as its buzz might have indicated...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
Oct 7, 2009
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

If there's anything sadder than an unfunny comedy, it's an unfunny comedy that tacks on an equally unfunny blooper reel over the closing credits.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
Aug 31, 2009
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

[Year One] feels lazy: There's no cheap joke Mr. Ramis and company didn't go for, no gag-worthy gag they didn't include.

Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
Aug 30, 2009
Sonny Bunch
Sonny Bunch
Washington Times

If there is any justice in the world, there will never be a Year Two.

Full Review Source: New England Movies Weekly | comment Comment
Aug 11, 2009
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
New England Movies Weekly

... a near-total disappointment... it never manages to sustain any momentum from joke to joke or scene to scene or even shot to shot at times.

Full Review Source: HitFix | comment Comment
Aug 1, 2009
Drew McWeeny
Drew McWeeny
HitFix
 
 
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