Year One (2009)
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Critic 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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Cast
as Zed
as Oh
as High Priest
as Cain
as Isaac
as Sargon
as Abraham
as Eema
as Princess Inanna
as Maya
as Lilith
as King
as Queen
as Enmebaragesi
as Prime Minister
as Marlark
as Adam
as Seth
as Eve
as Zaftig The Eunuch
as Shaman
as Slave Trader
as Bedouin Sheik
as First Guard
as Sodom Sentry
as Sodom Vendor
as Banana Girl
as Kid Stoner
as Bricklayer
as Guy in Crowd
as Squanto
as Slave Child
as New Guard
as Angry Baker
as Desert Soldier
as Pedestrian Villager
as Village Child
as Gold Statue
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
as Dancer
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Critic Reviews for Year One
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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.
'Year One' wants to be seen as a freeform, knockabout trawl through Biblical history, perfect for an undemanding Saturday night. There are only two problems: it's kind of dull and just isn't funny.
[Year One has] some very funny moments but not enough of them.
This is a significant notch below the great Monty Python films that tackled religion with intelligence and wit.
The people who made Year One seem to think that all you have to do to make a hit comedy is get a bunch of jokesters together. But where are the jokes?
Harold Ramis' comedy is more evolved than the trailers let on, but after a solid hit to the popcorn audience's vestigial funny bone, the humor retreats into a lazy, generic swamp.
Audience Reviews for Year One
God awful!
Super Reviewer
disapointing mess!!!!
Super Reviewer
Humor must be highly subjective. I didn't see this when it came out because it looked like it was "too high school" but I laughed myself sick watching it. I was choking. Never've been a fan of Black or Cera (though both do okay here) so I credit writer/director Ramis for making me laugh as haven't in 20 years ... thank you, Harold.
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Year One Quotes
| Zed: | i told you to fetch me more wine |
| Zed: | I told you to fetch me more wine. |
| Oh: | rub it in with my hand? |
| Oh: | Rub it in with my hand? |
| High Priest: | no your ball sack, yes your hand! |
| High Priest: | No your ball sack, yes your hand! |
| Oh: | Im not following,I'v just been leading from the rear. |
| Oh: | Im not following, I'v just been leading from the rear. |
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