| Overall: | D |
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| Violence: | C |
| Sexual Content: | D+ |
| Language: | D+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C- |
| Run Time: | 92 |
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| Video Release: | 06 Oct 2009 |
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Year One takes a dark comedic look at the ancient world, as opposed to the same premise told in a serious way in the movie 10,000 BC. Rather than humans, the animated films Ice Age and Ice Age 2: The Meltdown follow the trials of a group of animals surviving in a prehistoric landscape. A Harold Ramis script you may enjoy is Groundhog Day.
Home Video Extra Features
Release Date: 6 October 2009
Year One on DVD includes:
- Theatrical Version of the film
- 2 Deleted Scenes
- Commentary with Director Harold Ramis, Jack Black and Michael Cera
- 10 Extended and Alternate Scenes
- Line-o-Rama
- Gag Reel
- Featurette: Year One: The Journey Begins
Year One: Unrated on Blu-ray or DVD offers:
- Both Theatrical and Unrated Versions of the Film
- 2 Deleted Scenes
- Commentary with Director Harold Ramis, Jack Black and Michael Cera
-10 Extended and Alternate Scenes
- Alternate Ending: Sodoms Destruction
- Line-o-Rama
- Gag Reel (Unrated Version)
- Featurettes: Year One: The Journey Begins, Sodom’s Got’em and Leeroy Jenkins: The Gates of Sodom.
Year One: Unrated on Blu-ray also contains these exclusive bonus extras:
- Year One Cutting Room: Create your own video and share it via BD-Live.
- cinechat: Send on-screen instant messages to your friends.
- movieIQ: Real-time in-movie information about the cast, crew, music and production.
- A Digital Copy of the film for PC, PSP®, Mac or iPod

Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for