MOVIE REVIEW
YEAR ONE
When a reviewer sees a film, they do so in the hope of an enjoyable and enlightening time. If it fails to materialise, the gloomy descent of disappointment be
comes palatable. This is exactly what occurred after seeing Year One. Devoid of wit, intelligence, style and anything remotely amusing, this mindless claptrap made one wonder if its neanderthal characters also directed this lame duck mirth fest.
At the beginning of time, two tribesmen, Zed (Jack Black) and Oh (Michael Cera), continue creating chaos. After devouring an apple from the sacred tree of knowledge both are banished from their tribe and forced to fend for themselves. Determined to prove their worth, they set on a journey to explore their world in the hope of finding their life purpose. Encountering biblical icons and amorous maidens, their travels carve an odd footnote in history books.
Bad comedy may be easy to muster, but good ones are harder to create. This is a lesson that director Harold Ramis should have learnt having crafted such classics as Caddyshack and Groundhog Day. Regrettably his ignorance of past triumphs helps destroy any semblance of humour in this pretty terrible film. There is simply no excuse for him to have relied on lewd gross out gags for laughs that are structured around the limpest of plots. Each episodic sequence is lumped together without any form of reason with historical accuracy a no-show in this strange hybrid of reli
gious imagery.
You have to feel sorry for the actors, who are clearly doing this for the cash. One would assume they didn't do it for the script, with their desperation in raising the film's energy levels painful to watch. Jack Black and Michael Cera's performances are nothing new though, and they only have themselves to blame for their poor choices and failure in taking risks than lazily portraying their usual personas. The downbeat filming does proceedings no favours whilst the use of rap music on the soundtrack adds to the enterprise's bizarre unevenness.
Whilst some of its scenes may offend, Year One's main offence is 
its shortage of hilarity. Movies featuring cave dwellers rarely work and this is no exception with its clumsy handling of thin material making Year One an eternal endurance test. If this is how humankind spent its first year on earth, one could only marvel at how it survived such alarmingly infantile beginnings.
Movie Review Rating 0 / 10
Movie Review by Patrick Moore
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comes palatable. This is exactly what occurred after seeing Year One. Devoid of wit, intelligence, style and anything remotely amusing, this mindless claptrap made one wonder if its neanderthal characters also directed this lame duck mirth fest.
At the beginning of time, two tribesmen, Zed (Jack Black) and Oh (Michael Cera), continue creating chaos. After devouring an apple from the sacred tree of knowledge both are banished from their tribe and forced to fend for themselves. Determined to prove their worth, they set on a journey to explore their world in the hope of finding their life purpose. Encountering biblical icons and amorous maidens, their travels carve an odd footnote in history books.
Bad comedy may be easy to muster, but good ones are harder to create. This is a lesson that director Harold Ramis should have learnt having crafted such classics as Caddyshack and Groundhog Day. Regrettably his ignorance of past triumphs helps destroy any semblance of humour in this pretty terrible film. There is simply no excuse for him to have relied on lewd gross out gags for laughs that are structured around the limpest of plots. Each episodic sequence is lumped together without any form of reason with historical accuracy a no-show in this strange hybrid of reli
gious imagery.
You have to feel sorry for the actors, who are clearly doing this for the cash. One would assume they didn't do it for the script, with their desperation in raising the film's energy levels painful to watch. Jack Black and Michael Cera's performances are nothing new though, and they only have themselves to blame for their poor choices and failure in taking risks than lazily portraying their usual personas. The downbeat filming does proceedings no favours whilst the use of rap music on the soundtrack adds to the enterprise's bizarre unevenness.
Whilst some of its scenes may offend, Year One's main offence is 
its shortage of hilarity. Movies featuring cave dwellers rarely work and this is no exception with its clumsy handling of thin material making Year One an eternal endurance test. If this is how humankind spent its first year on earth, one could only marvel at how it survived such alarmingly infantile beginnings.
Movie Review Rating 0 / 10
Movie Review by Patrick Moore
Official Movie Year One Homepage click Here
If you have any comments to make about this Movie Review, then please use the comment box, titling your comments with Movie Review Year One
Patrick Moore's Movie Review is an alternative look at current movie releases in Australia.
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