Year One

Worst Movie of 2009 Goes to "Year One....After all, Jack Black is a comedic genius.....This movie should be nominated as the worst movie of 2009, or even the decade.....Unfortunately, the absurdities of this flick were in abundance and without any sort of humor.....relies on Black to pull off the inferior writing..... ... Full Review

The movie revels in its jokey lines.....These aren't bad criticisms, but a better movie wouldn't have written so close to actor personalities....It's not exciting or anything....he doesn't squash funny lines.....if my lowered expectations (and a bit of the Leaf of Knowledge) didn't make Year One undoubtedly more enjoyable.... ... Full Review

But it certainly surpasses its noxious reputation, and may very well provide a few chuckles on a hung-over Sunday afternoon.....Where the picture fails to amuse, and badly, is in its attempts at gross-out humor.....while wide shots of deserts and canyons are remarkably impressive.....their first scene (Rudd's only one) is pretty funny....The current King Midas of comedy, Judd Apatow, was producing for his idol, co-writer/director Harold Ramis ( Groundhog Day, Caddyshack, Vacation )..... ... Full Review

Jack Black and Michael Cera are funny actors....Those are the inherent problems with "Year One"-its situations are either recycled, mostly from the "Austin Powers" and "American Pie" movies....perhaps they're not so good at picking funny scripts -.... ... Full Review

Year One as a comedy could have been one of the best comedies of the year with a little help.....not even a hilarious performance by David Cross could save.....somehow it all seems to work together to make some very funny moments..... ... Full Review

Harold Ramis - comedy genius responsible for Groundhog Day and the best film of all time? Ghostbusters - writes and directs Year One . Current comedy behemoths Jack Black and Michael Cera are cavemen Zed and Oh, both walking through... ... Full Article

A Pathetic Attempt at ComedyWith the promise of great laughs from the trailers, "Year One" was on the short list of movies to rent last Saturday night. ... Full Article

Jack Black (left) and Michael Cera are a couple of hapless cavemen who skip through several centuries of history in Year One. Harold Ramis, who begat the Biblical comedy Year One as writer-director, is famous for the Ghostbusters franchise, both... ... Full Article

Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel writes: "Year One" is this summer's "The Love Guru." It's a throwback to the "star comedy," the days when hit movies were outlandish farces built around larger-than-life comics playing broad characters. ... Full Article

We worry when "The Office" (8 p.m., KARE, Ch. 11) stretches to an hour (turns out there is such a thing as too much awkwardness), but Pam and Jim's Niagara Falls wedding seems important enough for a special episode, especially... ... Full Article

How serious are you planning to be about your entertainment options this week? Because the really good stuff is down below, amid the classic films and small screen sets. ... Full Article