The most recent home video release of Year One movie is October 6, 2009. Biblical figures are presented in a way that may be perceived as sacrilegious and offensive. Violence includes human sacrifices (virgins-mainly women-are thrown into a fire, but they disappear and are not seen burning), hand-to-hand fighting (along with other skirmishes a man is beaten on the head with a rock until he dies and a man is killed with swords and knives), a decapitation, and the use of people as slaves. A sexual expletive, various crude terms for sexual anatomy and other profanities are used in the script. While there is no overt nudity (some men are seen topless and some women are dressed in bikini-like outfits) an orgy is depicted and homosexual situations are alluded to, along with discussions of sexual mutilation, bestiality and incest. Various sexual topics are discussed, especially those involving sodomy and circumcision, and the vast majority of humor in this film is derived from similar sexual remarks. (Edited originally Rated R for some sexual content and language.)Ĭontinual and pervasive sexually oriented dialogue is the focus of this film about two cave men who travel and meet people from the Old Testament. Why is Year One rated PG-13? Year One is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for crude and sexual content throughout, brief strong language and comic violence. Starring Jack Black, Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde. And if we are really lucky, we won’t have to endure a Year Two. Whether or not you find desecration of religious figures to be personally offensive, there is still nothing in this film worth your family’s time-or money. Not surprisingly, language is no better with frequent sexual terms and the use of a sexual expletive.Īlthough it clocks in at only 92 minutes, the film feels painfully long. Violence is also an issue with decapitations (a dismembered head is seen) and sexual mutilations discussed at length (a man keeps his removed organs in a bag which he later throws during a town stoning). Scatological humor seems to be something the script particularly favors Ramis even manages to recreate his excrement-eating scene from the 1980s Caddyshack (remember Bill Murray cleaning the pool?) when Zed far-too-intently examines scat left on a trail. While very little on-screen activity is seen, the dialogue and innuendo flows through the streets as the boys experience all manner of sexual situations including orgies and discussions of bestiality and incest. If you think the plot has reveled a too much in irreverent adventure already, just think what a bit of imagination can do with the land of sodomy. Anxious to leave as soon as possible, the pair heads for the infamous city. Later, over dinner, Abraham warns the pair of the dangers and sexual perversions in the neighboring town of Sodom. With the biblical father just about to stab his son, Zed intervenes. Soon they encounter Abraham (Hank Azaria) and his rebellious son Isaac (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). The next morning the cave boys leave with Cain in tow (he’s worried Dad will discover the body). After dinner, Adam commands Zed to be fruitful and multiply by sleeping with his daughter only she turns out to be a lesbian. Determined his story be told the “right way,” Cain invites the wanderers home to his father Adam’s (Harold Ramis) house. Running into characters and events recorded in the Book of Genesis (from the Holy Bible), they witness a murder between two brothers named Cain (David Cross) and Abel (Paul Rudd). With the vague objective of looking for the edge of the world, the outcasts begin a road trip within a script that pays no attention to historical timelines. Not surprisingly, the duo is run out of town. Oh, on the other hand, is a timid male with a penchant for creating gourmet salads. The former is a super slacker who believes he has access to divine revelation after he takes a bite off the tree of knowledge. Residing in a village where the citizens are either hunters or gatherers, Zed and Oh are essentially failures on both counts. The central characters of the story are Zed (Jack Black) and Oh (Michael Cera), two primitive men living near the dawn of time. Comedian Harold Ramis (writer of Meatballs, Caddy Shack and Ghostbusters) has put pen to paper once again and come up with what can best be called "Neanderthal humor" in Year One.
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