Year One Critic Reviews

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Based upon 13 Critic Reviews
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Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

Any good will the movie generates, though, is grated right back off by Black, whose obnoxiousness has lost whatever charm it once possessed.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

A dreary experience.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

This is just silliness run mildly wild.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

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

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

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

The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites

A thoroughly, sometimes gaggingly broad and sly conceptual laugh-in.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

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