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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Diede S

Stinky poopoo movie...

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/26/24

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Audience Member

Great spoof. "Like to thank the High Priest for his sacrifice, lol!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/20/24

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Helene S

a great cast, an original premise and funny - definitely worth a watch!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/15/24

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ILUVCN U

I'm not sure why this has such a low rating. I watched this movie, daily! I don't take anything seriously, so that could be why I loved it so much🤷🏿‍♀️

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/13/24

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Cameron M

This is a bad movie. Not even the few laughs from the trailer can save this mess. Satire without the humor.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/07/24

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Count V

Pure comedy-wise, it has some laughs in some places but many scenes also turn out plain and jokes don't land quite often. Give it a watch anyway, if you can't find any humor in the first half an hour just turn it off and go watch a better comedy like Death of Stalin

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/03/24

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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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