Year One Critic Reviews

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The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites

A thoroughly, sometimes gaggingly broad and sly conceptual laugh-in.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

Year One has one joke, but it's a good one, played for many variations over the course of an often very funny comedy.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

This is just silliness run mildly wild.Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

The humor, largely centered around bodily functions and bathroom habits, is almost exclusively sophomoric.Read the full review

Slate | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites

I have a certain affection for this movie, if only because of its conceptual simplicity.Read the full review

Variety | Ronnie ScheibAdd Critic to Favorites

Lacks seismic guffaws but elicits many mild smiles.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Josh ModellAdd Critic to Favorites

Year One isn't dreadful; it just isn't nearly as funny as it hopes to be.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Frank ScheckAdd Critic to Favorites

A lot of comedic talent founders in this new Harold Ramis comedy that doesn't exactly recall his glory days of "Caddyshack" and "Groundhog Day."Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Betsy SharkeyAdd Critic to Favorites

There is no real plot either; instead the narrative seems designed to get this prehistoric pair from one funny sketch to the next, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

I found the most extreme material to be so tasteless that it voided all comedy.Read the full review

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