Year One

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Year One

PG-13

Released Jun 19, 2009

1h 37m

Comedy

Adventure

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After Neanderthal hunter Zed (Jack Black) is exiled for eating forbidden fruit, he and his sardonic buddy Oh (Michael Cera) leave their village and begin an epic journey through history. The pals encounter biblical characters such as Cain (David Cross) and Abel, Abraham (Hank Azaria), and others, and wind up in Sodom. Along the way, Zed debunks commonly held beliefs and replaces them with his own delusions of grandeur.

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Critics 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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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

All in all, this is a sloppy, unoriginal, brain-dead mess that can't even be bothered to get itself out of trouble.

Aug 29, 2018

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: C

Apr 21, 2012

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out

Rated: 3/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

A dreary, groan-inducing comedy that fails to be funny or entertaining under even the most lenient terms.

Rated: 1.5/4

Sep 4, 2023

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

It may go slightly beyond the blueprints for a formulaic parody movie, but it has all the same symptoms.

Rated: 5/10

Nov 29, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Year One relies almost solely upon bawdy, sophomoric humor.

Rated: 1.0/4.0

Aug 31, 2020

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Audience Member

A great classic comedy with a clever witty story , good writing and constant laughs. You would have to be quite dim witted to not get quite how dim witted this film is suppose to be. People need to get a grip !

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/25

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TI H

Once again, I am the odd man out. I loved this comedy, whereas most of you hated it. The story follows two tribal outcasts as they leave the forest and explore the world after Jesus's birth. It's good satire and parody. I wish I'd written it. (Please, don't throw tomatoes at me.)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/25

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Josh L

Simply hilarious. From the script to the cast, everything works in delivering non-stop laughs.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/25

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It is alright, but it definitely needs some work. I recommend watching it if you're into Comedy's.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/12/25

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Korie C

Best movie, lost my virginity to this, I hope it happens again

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/09/25

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Mark R

Don’t listen to the critics on this one, sheepishly following suit, and give this a go. An all star cast of good old fashioned daft humour, dry whit and sharp comebacks. I’m often the biggest critic of all, get bored easily by many films but this one keeps on delivering.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/28/24

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Harold Ramis

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Jack Black

Zed

Michael Cera

Oh

Oliver Platt

High Priest

David Cross

Cain

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Isaac

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Synopsis

After Neanderthal hunter Zed (Jack Black) is exiled for eating forbidden fruit, he and his sardonic buddy Oh (Michael Cera) leave their village and begin an epic journey through history. The pals encounter biblical characters such as Cain (David Cross) and Abel, Abraham (Hank Azaria), and others, and wind up in Sodom. Along the way, Zed debunks commonly held beliefs and replaces them with his own delusions of grandeur.

Director: Harold Ramis
Producer: Harold Ramis, Judd Apatow, Clayton Townsend
Screenwriter: Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Ocean Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Apatow Company
Rating: PG-13 (Comic Violence|Brief Strong Language|Crude and Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 19, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $43.3M
Runtime: 1h 37m

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