I will start out by saying I was very excited about this film and thought surely with a cast as comedy-star studded as this it was going to be a fun summer film to unwind with...I was dead wrong. This is a textbook case of a film's funniest moments being shown in the trailer, the juvenile, brainless toilet humor (literally as in one scene where Jack Black's character eats a piece of bear crap) proved to be flat and boring. I was in a theater with a majority of junior high students (who seemed to be the target audience for this film) and the theater was silent throughout the first 35 minutes of the film. There was no chemistry between the characters, the "funny" moments felt awkward and forced and completely unoriginal. Michael Cera's character had a few mildly amusing lines, but Jack Black's usually oafish, raunchy wit seemed to not blend well at all with his character. The direction was very poor in what could have been a good summer comedy. I left the film after the first 40 or so minutes after an austin power's influenced Cain and Able scene. Don't waste your time with this one folks.
Review of Year One
