Flick It: 'Year One,' The Proposal'
Ethan Alter - Mclatchy -Tribune News Service
Jun 17, 2009
"Year One"
With "National Lampoon's Vacation," "Caddyshack," and "Groundhog Day" on his directorial resume, Harold Ramis has certainly earned his place as a comedy legend. Unfortunately, his most recent batch of films - excluding the underrated thriller "The Ice Harvest" -hasn't exactly added to his legacy. Based on the lackluster trailers, his latest comedy "Year One" looks more like a "Multiplicity"-style disappointment than a "Caddyshack"-like gut-buster, but here's hoping the all-star ensemble cast can generate some solid laughs. Jack Black and Michael Cera play a pair of hunter-and-gatherers who are kicked out of their tribe and forced to go in search of a new home. In the course of their travels, they encounter a bunch of famous comedians playing Biblical icons, from Paul Rudd and David Cross as those battling brothers Cain and Abel to Hank Azaria and Christopher Mintz-Plasse as dysfunctional father-son duo Abraham and Isaac. With that kind of cast, it's gotta be better than "Analyze That," right?
1 hr. 30 mins.
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"The Proposal"
Raise your hands if you've ever had the desire to see Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock play mismatched lovers in a romantic comedy. Okay, all five of you with your hands in the air can now make a beeline for your nearest multiplex for "The Proposal," which casts Bullock as a tyrannical boss who forces her underling (Reynolds) to marry her so she won't be deported back to her country of birth ... Canada. Hilarity supposedly ensues.
1 hr. 47 mins.
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