Year One

2009
PG-13
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

4.9/10

105K

YOUR RATING

Jack Black and Michael Cera in Year One (2009)

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.

Play trailer2:20

18 Videos

73 Photos

Buddy Comedy Comedy

After being banished from their tribe, two hunter-gatherers encounter Biblical characters and eventually wind up in the city of Sodom.After being banished from their tribe, two hunter-gatherers encounter Biblical characters and eventually wind up in the city of Sodom.After being banished from their tribe, two hunter-gatherers encounter Biblical characters and eventually wind up in the city of Sodom.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

4.9/10

105K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Videos18

Trailer 2:20

The Year One: Trailer #1

Trailer 0:33

The Year One: Superbowl Spot

Trailer 0:33

The Year One: Superbowl Spot

Clip 1:14

Year One: Clip "Stoning"

Clip 0:55

Year One: Clip "Whence comest thou?"

Clip 0:32

Year One (Teaser)

Clip 0:20

Year One: They're Picking A Virgin

Photos73

+ 67

More like this

6.8

Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny

5.5

6.6

6.0

5.8

5.6

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

4.8

7.2

4.9

5.3

6.1

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Final film directed by Harold Ramis. It's also his last acting role.

Goofs
When Oh first appears with gold paint, he has no eyeliner. Midway through his conversation, he has thick black eyeliner.

Quotes
Oh: I'm a virgin by choice.
Zed: Ha! Not *your* choice!

Crazy credits
Several bloopers are shown during the first half of the end credits.

Alternate versions
The UK release was cut, this film was originally shown to the BBFC in an unfinished version. The BBFC advised the distributor that the film was likely to receive a 15 classification but that the requested 12A classification could be obtained by making changes to dialogue. In particular the BBFC suggested that the distributor remove the line, "my thingy smells like lamb chops" when a character talks about 'multiplying with sheep'; that they remove the line, "did you know he can put his penis in his mouth, the whole thing"; and the line "his poor rectum is absolutely pulverised, which is not usual for a sheep in this region". When the finished version of the film was submitted these changes had been made and the film was classified 12A.

Connections
Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Taking of Pelham 123/Imagine That/Moon (2009)

Soundtracks
Kecak Dance
Traditional
Performed by Tojan
Courtesy of Celestial Harmonies

User reviews300

Review

Featured review

Not Very Funny

As a fan of most of Jack Black's work so far (at least the non Tenacious D stuff that is in comedy) and a fan of Michael Cera's great straight man work on Arrested Development and Superbad, I was very disappointed in this film. It is a great premise for a movie but it fails to deliver many laughs, it is basically one of those "all the funny parts are in the trailer" movies and was I think a really wasted opportunity for what could have been a very funny film. Jack Black is okay doing his usual act and Michael Cera is very good in his typical straight man role but the laughs don't exactly come flowing through. There are a couple of very good cameo appearances in the movie, I don't want to spoil the surprise, and they help to make up for the overall poor quality of the rest of the film. Worth seeing probably but definitely not at the movies for $12.