Movie Review- Year One

Its happening more and more. A comedy featuring a main and supporting cast who worked together many times before. I'm not against it, it can be a good thing. But the only problem with it is that its hard to not compare a movie like that to other movies you've seen featured the same group. And sometimes it helps, but sometimes the movie can't live up to others.

PLOT:
"Year One" follows two cavemen, one a terrible hunter Zed (Jack Black) and a sensitive gatherer Oh (Michael Cera). Angry after a bad hunt, tribe joke and friend Oh stomp off away from the tribe and runs into the forbidden fruit at the Tree of Knowledge. Zed now thinks he is the chosen one. After the tribe discovers that he ate the fruit, they banish him. While away, the men find out that their tribe has been captured and enslaved. The two decide to be heroes and save their tribe from the sinful sodomites.

PROS:
The film manages to get some genuine laughs. The use of modern day lingo in ancient times is enough to get a few laughs in the beginning but wears thin soon. David Cross, Paul Rudd and a cameo from Bill Hader provide the most genuine laughs.

CONS:
"Year One" is random, but not funny "Hot Rod" random. Randomness is usually funny, but in this case the plot disappears, but comes back, only to disappear again. While the use of biblical satire can be done well, this movie's crude jokes and disgusting acts kill the potential. Jack Black is simply redoing his character from "Orange County", and Michael Cera is being, well Michael Cera. Sometimes it's funny, but he lacks chemistry with Black.

Recommendation:
Wait til it comes on HBO.

Written by:
Harold Ramis
Gene Stupnitsky
Lee Eisenberg

Directed by:
Harold Ramis

MAIN CAST:
Jack Black ("Tropic Thunder", "Kung Fu Panda")
Michael Cera ("Superbad", "Juno")
David Cross ("Run, Ronnie Run", "Alvin and the Chipmunks")
Oliver Platt ("Frost/Nixon", "Dr. Dolittle")
Juno Temple ("The Other Boleyn Girl", "Atonement")
June Diane Raphael ("Forgetting Sarah Marshall", "Bride Wars")
Horatio Sanz ("Road Trip", "The New Guy")
Bill Hader ("Tropic Thunder", "Superbad")
Hank Azaria ("America's Sweethearts","The Simpson's Movie")
Christopher Mintz-Plasse ("Superbad", "Role Models")
Harold Ramis ("Ghostsbusters", "Stripes")
Paul Rudd ("Clueless", "I Love You, Man")
Vinnie Jones ("Gone in Sixty Seconds", "Swordfish")
Olivia Wilde ("Alpha Dog", TV's "House")

Similar Titles:
Ponty Python and the Holy Grail, History of the World:Part 1

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