Year One
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Metascore
34 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 28 Critics What's this?

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4.7 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 129 Ratings

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  • Starring: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde
  • Summary: When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world. (Sony Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 28
  3. Negative: 14 out of 28
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    80
    A thoroughly, sometimes gaggingly broad and sly conceptual laugh-in.
  2. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    50
    Year One is not really THAT bad and not ENTIRELY without laughs.
  3. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    38
    I found the most extreme material to be so tasteless that it voided all comedy.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    38
    Its script isn't worth the papyrus it's inscribed on.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 68
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 68
  3. Negative: 27 out of 68
  1. JayF
    10
    Awesome movie. The entire theater was in tears it was so funny.
  2. Colin
    8
    I thought it was a really funny, well made movie. Does not suck. At all.
  3. RazvT.
    7
    I don't agree with all the negative grades. It was a good movie, funny scenes, jack black is funny as always and everything is ok.
  4. ryancarroll88
    2
    I rated this movie the total number of times I snickered throughout its entire 97 minutes. It really boils down to the fact that Jack Black and Michael Cera are a bad combo; combine that with the movie's lackluster writing and you get "Year One."… Expand

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