Year One

When I first read of this movie I got excited. When the trailers came out, I was hoping. However, when I entered the theater I knew that I was expecting too much. Harold Ramis is good. He's had a great career. However, trying to write a comedy with Jack Black and Michael Cera about them being cavemen and going through the early years of Earth and having the storyline explain how things came to be was just way, way too much.

Jack Black should always be in a supporting role. He just can't lead it. As should Michael Cera (see: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist). Black just has too much physical comedy which was only funny before the year 2000. Putting David Cross and Paul Rudd in it sounded good, too. However, if you force them to go on a horrible script and have them act in ways they don't (physical comedy), its awful.

They also put in Olivia Wilde for eye candy. Her character is just boring in the movie.

I don't know, basically from 10 minutes in the movie, you know you want to stop watching it, but you just sit through it. Oh, and they put McLovin in it, and he isn't funny in the movie. Coupled with the fact that Hank Azaria is in it doing the voice of the old sea man with the scratchy voice from The Simpsons. Its just painful.

This movie is a mess held together by a terrible portrayal of events that took place... or maybe didn't, over the course of time.

Good idea, bad casting, bad script.

I rate this movie 4.0 out of 10.