Movie Enthusiast I join with those people who say that they do not understand what the critics are on about. I think people who criticize this movie do not understand the style of humor the movie has.I think the setting and concept was quite original for the comedy and Jack Black was as funny as ever. I really like Jack Black, he is one of my favorite comedy actors. He has many things going for him that make him very likable: he has very positive energy overall, warm and friendly on-screen aura, is over the top, crazy in a cute sort of way, spunky and sparkly.Michael Cera had a very good chemistry with Jack Black, balancing his extrovert Zed with sattle awkwardness and kookiness.The actress who played Cera's characters girl friend was super cute, i have forgotten her name, she is quite famous. All other supporting characters did a good job as well.Really, if people are giving this film a bad rap I just think they did not understand the off-beat humour of the film.

SnoopyStyle Zed (Jack Black) and Oh (Michael Cera) are a couple of bumbling primitive hunter-gatherers. They are banished from the tribe after Zed eats a forbidden fruit. They meet up with Cain (David Cross) who kills Abel. Then they are sold into slavery like the rest of their tribe.It's a bit of broad comedy from director Harold Ramis. He's taken a page out of Mel Brooks' playbook. Jack Black is very good as the braggart slacker bumbling fool. The problem is that he's not that nice to Michael Cera. We need more bromance. That would help the chemistry.There are some great laughs. It's very scattered, but that's the nature of the beast. There's nothing wrong with scatter-shot comedy as long as they hit the mark every once in awhile. It just needs better chemistry from Black and Cera.

alsation72 Most of the references are biblical, but this "year one" has no real historical meaning at all. It is just a stupid, irrational look at a past that never happened. (The bible is a Bedouin book of folktales if you were to ask me).If we are going to talk about 1 BC - 1 AD, well that is a full thousand years AFTER the last of the Egyptian empire (subsequently conquered by Persians, Greeks, then Romans). This is just a silly pastiche of sketches that apparently lampoon various stories in the old Testament (you know, the Jewish religious text; Christians tend to ignore this fact.If it were funny, and had a Monty Python/ Mel Brooks touch to it, this might have worked to some extent. Jewish people should probably be insulted by this crap.It is totally unfunny and the illogic overwhelms anything remotely humorous. What on Earth were Jack Black and John Cera thinking? What was anyone associated with this abomination thinking?

Liam3011 Year One.I love Jack Black's work, he's a hilarious actor. I love his movies. But this movie is no exception. I hate how they gave a funny actor like Jack Black, a crappy, cheesy and completely unfunny script to work with. This movie felt longer than it actually was and I remember falling asleep half way through it. Why? Because it's one of the worst comedy movies ever.Okay, so the concept was good. I've barely seen any movies that do this. But the actual execution of the movie - boring. It's like a Michael Bay movie, it's trying to be funny when it's not! The only thing that prevented me from giving it one star was the fact that Jack Black was in it. The other guy...who the hell is he? Never seen him before.If they got a comedy writer, one who is a master of the art. It could have been a great movie.