Year One

The last comedy I saw, Land of the Lost, was terrible. So when I was walking into Year One I hoped that I was about to see a better and funnier film. When I left the theater however, my mind was thinking one thing...CRAP! Sadly, Year One is yet another meaningless so-called comedy full of raunchy jokes and disgusting material that the filmmakers think are funny.

This film stars Jack Black and Michael Cera as two Neanderthals who have horrible lives in their tribe. When they are banished from the clan, the two embark on a journey that consists of many biblical events from the Old Testament. On this journey the two encounter both obstacles and pleasure but in the end, they both emerge as praised people.

It seems that the problem is like a disease that spreads to all the new movies and the problem is...the plot line. Once again I have witnessed a movie that has a messy plot. The plot is composed of two characters walking around finding different biblical characters and interfering with their lives. At times what happens in the film is completely random thus adding to the messed up plot line. The last word I have to say about this is that there were several small twists that also did not make any sense and it seemed like twists that the writers just put in the film because they were bored.

Like Land of the Lost, this film was just not funny. A few chuckles were the only thing that escaped my mouth in this film except for the frequent "ewes." Oh yes, this film wasn't only not funny but it was also incredibly gross. Even though the film steered clear of nudity, there were other elements including crass dialogue and situations and just downright stupid material. I can not understand why the writers thought that the gross areas of the film would be funny to the viewers. There were certain times I just wanted to push a fast-forward button to skip over it and this was the biggest element that ruined the movie for me.


So once again, Hollywood has failed to produce a good comedy(that isn't rated R.) Year One was a messy, crass, and crude film made up of complete nonsense and loads of B.C. blasphemy. Even the actors failed to impress in the sad comedy. As far as rating this film, I don't think it even deserves one star. Year One has a running time of 1 hour and 40 minutes and is rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, brief strong language, and comic violence.