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Metascore®34 out of 100 | Generally unfavorable reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

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

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    This is just silliness run mildly wild. Read full review

  • 63
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Phillips

    It's the knockabout biblical lark Mel Brooks never got around to making. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety | Ronnie Scheib

    Lacks seismic guffaws but elicits many mild smiles. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    The humor, largely centered around bodily functions and bathroom habits, is almost exclusively sophomoric. Read full review

  • 42
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Josh Modell

    Year One isn't dreadful; it just isn't nearly as funny as it hopes to be. Read full review

  • 40
    The Hollywood Reporter | Frank Scheck

    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 full review

  • 40
    Los Angeles Times | Betsy Sharkey

    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 full review

  • 38
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    I found the most extreme material to be so tasteless that it voided all comedy. Read full review

  • 25
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    A dreary experience. Read full review

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