Year One

Year One (2009)

Genres - Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure  |   Sub-Genres - Absurd Comedy, Buddy Film, Slapstick  |   Release Date - Jun 19, 2009 (USA)  |   Run Time - 97 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Jason Buchanan

Jack Black and Michael Cera headline Harold Ramis' Biblical comedy about a pair of misfit hunter-gatherers who embark on a wild journey through the ancient world after being banished from their primitive village. Zed (Black) and Oh (Cera) may lack in the skills that their chieftain is looking for, but they have plans to make it big. Zed has a gut feeling that God has "chosen" him, and so he leads his buddy on a trip through the unknown countryside in search of bigger and better things, bumping into several weird characters along the way -- like a feuding pair of brothers named Cain and Abel (David Cross and Paul Rudd). Unfortunately, their quest for greatness hits a few snags, like being sold into slavery, and later becoming the object of interest to a very amorous, very hairy high priest (Oliver Platt) in the opulent city of Sodom.

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ancient-civilizations, Bible-story, high-priest/priestess, hunter-gatherer, journey, misfit, quest, slavery, social-outcast