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Year One Reviews

2009

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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. Read more

Starring	Jack Black, Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde, David Cross
Director	Harold Ramis
Genres	Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Comedy

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- Two of our favourite funnymen, Jack Black and Michael Cera, find themselves banished from their primitive village and set off on an epic journey through the ancient world. read more »
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  - Tom Charity
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- - 76
  - 12
  superb..............................
  
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  this comedy film set in Biblical times stars Jack Black (from Shallow Hal, Tropic Thunder and Kungfu Panda) and Michael Cera (who played Nick in Nick and Norah... read more »
  
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  - williamsgwynfa
  - 627 reviews
  - gwaenysgor
  - 15 Jun 2009 at 13:05
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- - 0
  - 0
  Year One
  
  Jack Black as always had great slap stick humour...film was predictable but a bit of light hearted fun all the same.
  
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- - a customer
  - 17 Feb 2012 at 13:59
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  Dissapointing film
  
  Not that good took ages to get into, very disappointing!
  
  It seems to be a very low budget film was certainly expecting more!
  
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- - a customer
  - 17 Feb 2012 at 13:09
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  Black and Cera make great double act
  
  Generally I find Jack Black films over rated and seeing this getting less than average reviews I was almost turned off. However the overtop performance of Black... read more »
  
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- - Larchyboy
  - 1 review
  - 05 Feb 2012 at 11:56
- - 2
  - 1
  pure manure
  
  If you like Jack Black and love movies, DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS ONE! Nonsense, boring, stupid, definitely not a Jack Black movie.
  
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- - a customer
  - 01 Feb 2012 at 23:18
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  Don`t bother !
  
  I think Jack Black is very very funny and have seen quite a few of his films
  
  but this film was truly awful.
  
  It tries to be almost Monty ... read more »
  
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- - Yam69
  - 4 reviews
  - 12 Jan 2012 at 18:32
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  - 1
  A comedy? You must be joking!!
  
  Oh dear - what a total waste of time it was to watch this excuse for a comedy. Its attempts at humour reminded me of silly eleven-year-old boys, thinking they&#... read more »
  
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- 1080491
- - a customer
  - 10 Jan 2012 at 18:45
- - 0
  - 1
  Typical Jack Black
  
  This reminded me in places of the Life of Bryan. A typical Jack Black film which made me chuckle. If you like Jack Black, you'll like this.
  
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  - MIlton Keynes, England
  - 08 Nov 2011 at 12:53
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  - 0
  Year Yawn
  
  I would have expected a lot more from Michael Cera and Jack Black. I've switched this film off 30mins in. I perservered for a while but it's really a ... read more »
  
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  - HazelFairy
  - 13 reviews
  - Bedford
  - 13 Oct 2011 at 21:18
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  Lame Effort
  
  This really dragged - there were a few funny moments due to Jack Black but even they were just a wry smile and not the belly laughter I wanted :{
  
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- - desmondsdoll
  - 176 reviews
  - Stockport
  - 18 Sep 2011 at 21:48
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  This is the best Jack Black film I think I have ever seen!
  
  Very funny, great story, well acted, good cast, great cameos...
  
  What more do you need!
  
  The outtakes are well worth a watch too :)
  
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- - sdfilm
  - 103 reviews
  - Oxon
  - 12 Sep 2011 at 15:23
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- - 76
  - 12
  superb..............................
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  this comedy film set in Biblical times stars Jack Black (from Shallow Hal, Tropic Thunder and Kungfu Panda) and Michael Cera (who played Nick in Nick and Norah... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 771094
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - williamsgwynfa
  - 627 reviews
  - gwaenysgor
  - 15 Jun 2009 at 13:05
- - 21
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  So Painful!
  
  I was so looking forward to this film when I went to the cinema. I normally love Jack Black films, but this was so painfully crass and so unfunny. The lack of ... read more »
  
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- - HelO
  - 1 review
  - South Shields
  - 28 Jun 2009 at 14:13
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  - 0
  Dissapointing
  
  Was really looking forward to seeing this but didn't find it very funny at all. The plot drags on in parts and is just silly in parts. Watch something ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Edinburgh
  - 04 Jul 2009 at 17:01
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  Better Than Monty Python's 'Life Of Brian'
  
  In comparison to the 'Life Of Brian' which I found relatively dull, 'Year One' was a pleasant surprise. Plenty of laughs (however be warned, ... read more »
  
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- - Katrina
  - 41 reviews
  - Stockport
  - 27 Jun 2009 at 20:00
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  - 0
  Very Very poor
  
  Being a big fan of Jack Black I was greatly dissapointed by this garbage. It is almost Walt Disney standard acting and story. Weak and perdictable plot. 2 ... read more »
  
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- - sausagezebra
  - 18 reviews
  - UK
  - 15 Nov 2009 at 14:42
- - 9
  - 0
  Highly Disappointed
  
  Worst film ever! Was looking forward to this, but after an hour and a half, i should have just watched the trailer. It had pretty much had all the funny scenes ... read more »
  
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- - MichaelS7
  - 1 review
  - Stalybridge
  - 11 Nov 2009 at 13:33
- - 8
  - 0
  Nothing Special!
  
  This film, like any other Jack Black film has no good storyline, just laughs! But I would have asked for my money back if it wasn't for Michael Cera, a ... read more »
  
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- - zachawizzle
  - 36 reviews
  - Neston
  - 12 Jul 2009 at 22:17
- - 8
  - 0
  Not a complete waste of time...
  
  Ive seen alot of Jack Black films and i'm sure alot of people will agree when i say that he rarely breaks the boundaries acting wise. However, what he does... read more »
  
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- - andiscottshaw
  - 1 review
  - Peterborough
  - 04 Nov 2009 at 20:47
- - 7
  - 0
  Rubbish
  
  I had the opportunity to see this in the cinema which i am grateful now that I passed it up.
  
  I am a huge fan of comedies as my sense of humor is that... read more »
  
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- - carlw
  - 1 review
  - Horley
  - 04 Nov 2009 at 15:43
- - 7
  - 0
  What happened??
  
  This could have been so good but just failed. Michael Cera is superb, Jack Black was a little flat, it had a good few laughs but that wasn't enough to keep... read more »
  
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- - MsLilly
  - 249 reviews
  - London
  - 23 Nov 2009 at 13:12

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Critics' reviews
- Two of our favourite funnymen, Jack Black and Michael Cera, find themselves banished from their primitive village and set off on an epic journey through the ancient world. read more »
- LOVEFiLM Review
  - Tom Charity
  - LOVEFiLM
- Black and Cera have something else in common: They are both very skilled, very precise comedians. In the case of Black, this is well known, and in the case of Cera, it's no surprise, considering his performance in 'Superbad'. Still, it's a striking thing to find a 21-year-old actor with such self-assurance, such innate timing and such a thorough understanding of himself as a screen entity […]'Year One' [...] it's always lively. After 30 years of writing and sometimes directing some very fine comedies ('Groundhog Day', 'Analyze This', 'Caddyshack', 'Ghostbusters', 'Animal House', 'Stripes'), Ramis knows exactly what it takes to hold an audience's attention in comedy. Every character is made vivid and absurd
- 65326
- - San Francisco Chronicle
  - 30 Sep 2009 at 02:13
- An enjoyably dumb comedy […] The film is blessed by its lead actors. Jack Black, playing an inept boar hunter, continues to draw dividends from his crazy-eyed-visionary thing, while his character’s buddy, Oh, flourishes in Cera’s neuroticism.
- 65327
- - Time Out New York
  - 30 Sep 2009 at 02:13
- Set at the dawn of humanity (sort of), a time of hunter-gatherers, peasant farmers and idol-worshipping Sodomites,... read more on Time Out
- 54125
- - Tom Huddleston
  - Time Out
  - 24 Jun 2009 at 02:55

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  Jack Black and Michael Cera headline Harold Ramis's Biblical comedy about a pair of misfit hunter-gatherers who embark on a wild journey through the ancient world after being banished from their primitive village. Zed (Black) and Oh (Cera) may lack in the skills that their chieftain is looking for, ...

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  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....