It’s the end of the first week here at Everything Action and we start Friday off with our weekly look at the new movies coming out in theaters. This week it’s the battle of comedies as Year One takes on The Proposal.
Year One
Starring: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt, David Cross
Directed by: Harold Ramis
Plot: Two cavemen are banished from their village and go off on “history’s first road trip” through the ancient world, including ancient Rome.
Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 20%
Critic Consensus: “Year One is a poorly executed, slapdash comedy in which the talent both in front of and behind the camera never seem to be on the same page.”
The Proposal
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Sandra Bullock, Malin Akerman, Craig T. Nelson
Directed by: Anne Fletcher
Plot: Threatened with being deported back to Canada, a business executive pretends to be engaged to her assistant and they head to his hometown in Alaska.
RT Freshness: 40%
Critic Conensus: “Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds exhibit plenty of chemistry, but they’re let down by The Proposal’s devotion to formula.”