After Neanderthal hunter Zed (Jack Black) is exiled for eating forbidden fruit, he and his sardonic buddy Oh (Michael Cera) leave their village and begin an epic journey through history. The pals encounter biblical characters such as Cain (David Cross) and Abel, Abraham (Hank Azaria), and others, and wind up in Sodom. Along the way, Zed debunks commonly held beliefs and replaces them with his own delusions of grandeur.
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I might as well say it now: "Year One" should really be called "Judd Apatow's Life of Brian."
It isn't that much of a surprise to find the omnipresent comedy impresario involved with this. It's littered with Apatow regulars (beginning with its stars, Jack Black and Michael Cera), and its brand of humor is loose, probably ad-libbed and undeniably raunchy. But then, if you've already seen the Monty Python flick mentioned above, Mel Brooks' "History of the World: Part I" or the Dudley Moore movie "Wholly Moses!" or even read the "B.C." comic strip, you won't be surprised by anything that goes on here. (Full review)