I can’t begin to tell you how truly awful “Year One” is. It has a plot that makes absolutely no sense and it’s filled with unlikeable characters and crude humor. Some of the story is loosely based on the book of Genesis, but the screenplay by Harold Ramis & Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg treats Genesis as a roadmap. Our inept hunter Zed (Jack Black) and his equally inept gatherer friend Oh (Michael Cera) are kicked out of their tribe and they set off on their own. They first encounter the quarreling brothers Cain (David Cross) and Abel (Paul Rudd) and then stop Abraham (Hank Azaria) from sacrificing his son, Isaac. Next Zed and Oh head for Sodom, where the women they like are being held as slaves. Zed hatches a rescue plan, but by this time, everything is so silly that you really don’t care what happens.
Casting Jack Black and Michael Cera as mismatched buddies was ill conceived. Black becomes tiresome after the first ten minutes and he just isn’t funny. Cera can be effective as an insecure teenager, but he seems out of his depth here. And talk about gross-out humor. You’ve got Zed munching on human excrement, Oh urinating on himself and phallic symbols all over the place. This is tasteless, cringe-inducing material. I can’t imagine why anyone would want to see this movie. I’m sorry I did. 6/21/09
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One of the "Dumbest" movies I have seen in years! As we walked out of the theater my friend said: "I can sum it up in 3 words, AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL". This film was not funny, not entertaining and not worth wasting our time!! I will not waste any more or your time or my ink on this comment. Horrible! I rate it as a ZERO bagger, no popcorn, not even half a bag!
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