of Zero Michael Cera as Oh, son of Ooh Oliver Platt as High Priest David Cross as Cain Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Isaac Vinnie Jones as Sargon Hank Azaria as Abraham Juno Temple as Eema, daughter of Zero and sister of Zed Olivia Wilde as Princess Inanna June Diane Raphael as Maya Gia Carides as The Queen Horatio Sanz as Enmebaragesi David Pasquesi as Prime Minister Matthew J. Willig as Marlak Gabriel Sunday as Seth Paul Rudd as Abel (uncredited) Eden Riegel as Lilith Bill Hader as The Shaman Harold Ramis as Adam Rhoda Griffis as Eve Xander Berkeley as The King Paul Scheer as Bricklayer Kyle Gass as Zaftig the Eunuch Marshall Manesh as Slave Trader Bryan Massey as New Guard Music The score to Year One was composed by Theodore Shapiro, who recorded his score with contemporary band elements, and a 75-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Sony Scoring Stage. Marketing A commercial for the film aired during Super Bowl XLIII; soon after, a clip from the film surfaced on YouTube and the first trailer was attached to I Love You, Man. Reception Critical response On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 14% based on 173 reviews, with an average rating of 3.90/10. The site's consensus reads: "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." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score 34% based on 28 reviews. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B− on scale of A to F. Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film a "fair-good" review of 2.5 out of 4 stars stating that "Year One won't join his list of essential comedies, the ones Ramis helped create as writer, director, performer or combination thereof." Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film 2 out of 4 stars complaining that the film "is scattershot and silly, squandering its potential by relying on juvenile bawdy humor". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 1 star out of 4, stating that the film "is a dreary experience, and all the ending accomplishes is to bring it to a close". Kyle Smith of the New York Post gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5 saying it was "mediocre at best." Box office