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YEAR ONE

YEAR ONE is a biblical spoof about Zed (Jack Black) and Oh (Canada’s Michael Cera), two ancient hunter-gatherers (trades that neither excel in) who are banished from their tribe only to step into the pages of Genesis. As they slip in and out of slavery they have comedic run-ins with Abraham (Hank Azaria) and his son Isaac (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) as well and Abel (Paul Rudd) and his sleazy brother Cain (David Cross) not to mention their dad Adam played by the brains behind this sophomoric story, Harold Ramis. Another heavy hitter behind the scenes here is producer Judd Apitow who has produced better, still with Black’s impeccable comic timing and Cera’s hilarious trademark stuttering asides (which still have not gotten old) they make most of the comedy work. However gearing biting biblical satire to a crowd that quite probably is at least influenced if not true religious believers could be a mistake. Despite exemplary past offerings from Apitow, Black, Ramis and Cera the sum of the parts is greater than the whole here and the makers of Year One might want to go back to square one.

 

 

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