Year One (2009)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Harold Ramis

Writers (WGA):

Harold Ramis (screenplay) &
Gene Stupnitsky (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

19 June 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Meet your ancestors

Plot:

Zed, a prehistoric would-be hunter, eats from a tree of forbidden fruit and is banished from his tribe...

Plot Keywords:

Battle | Year In Title | Eunuch | Human Sacrifice | Bloopers During Credits

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jack Black	...	Zed
Michael Cera	...	Oh
Oliver Platt	...	High Priest
David Cross	...	Cain
Christopher Mintz-Plasse	...	Isaac
Vinnie Jones	...	Sargon
Hank Azaria	...	Abraham
Juno Temple	...	Eema
Olivia Wilde	...	Princess Inanna
June Diane Raphael	...	Maya
Xander Berkeley	...	King
Gia Carides	...	Queen
Horatio Sanz	...	Enmebaragesi
David Pasquesi	...	Prime Minister
Matthew Willig	...	Marlak (as Matthew J. Willig)

Also Known As:

The Year One (USA) (working title)
Año uno (Peru) (Spain) [es]
Начало времен (Russia) [ru]
Ano Um (Brazil) [pt]
Etos ena (Greece) [el]
L'an 1 - Des débuts difficiles (France) [fr]
Oi gafatzides ton spilaion (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Year One - Aller Anfang ist schwer (Germany) [de]
Year one - Kaiken alku (Finland) [fi]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, brief strong language and comic violence. (edited; originally Rated R for some sexual content and language.)

Runtime:

97 min | 100 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44270) | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-11 | Iceland:7 | UK:12A | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:G (Quebec) | France:U | Sweden:7 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Mexico:B15 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

New Mexico, USA

Company:

Apatow Productions

Trivia:

The sheep in the movie are a threatened species known as Jacob Sheep. As you can see in the movie, this breed is a spotted multi-horned sheep. While they look strange, it is believed these sheep originate from Biblical times similar to what the movie depicts.

Goofs:

Continuity: When they enter the palace there is a peacock in the middle of the sidewalk that Maya has to step around. When Oh walks in he is in the middle of the sidewalk with no sign of the peacock.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Zed: You could be my right-hand man.
Oh: I've seen what you do with your right hand. No, thank you.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Fred: Fred Gets Dissed at Bible School (#3.6)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Desert Roots

If you're looking for Superbad, don't look here.

This movie was not quite terrible, but not really funny either. The first half of the movie was not funny, and when it finally did get funny the movie was almost over.

Jack Black is sometimes painful to watch, but Michael Cera makes it bearable. The other characters are minor, and do not in anyway, help move the plot or laughs along.

All of the funny parts are in the trailer for the movie. So, if you're looking for something as funny as Superbad, Knocked Up, The Hangover etc., do not waste your money seeing this in the movie theatre; just rent it when it comes out.