Idiocracy

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Idiocracy

R

2006

1h 24m

Comedy

Sci-Fi

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In 2005, average in every way private Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) is selected to take part in a secret military experiment to put him in hibernation for a year along with a woman named Rita (Maya Rudolph). The slumbering duo is forgotten when the base they are stored on is closed down and are left in stasis until 2505. When they finally wake up, they discover the average intelligence of humans has decreased so much that Joe is now the smartest man in the world.

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Critics Consensus

Frustratingly uneven yet enjoyable overall, Idiocracy skewers society's devolution with an amiably goofy yet deceptively barbed wit.

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Reihan Salam

Slate

04/09/2020

Idiocracy is easily the most potent political film of the year, and the most stirring defense of traditional values since Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France.

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Bilge Ebiri

Village Voice

10/04/2016

The whole film has a drab, somnambulant rhythm. Intentional or not, this is part of its genius.

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Ann Hornaday

Washington Post

05/07/2009

If the world is going to hell in any number of handbaskets -- as Judge so acutely demonstrates that it is -- you might as well hitch a ride in his.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

11/20/2020

D

Crappy film.

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Peter Schom

IGN Movies

04/09/2020

4/10

While dumb people are an easy target, Judge makes a mistake in only working variants of this one riff.

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Lucy Barrick

Radio Times

04/09/2020

3/5

Although Wilson's everyman is a bit too much of a blank slate to really care about, the gaudy visuals and cynical gags more than compensate.

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Claudia T

@Claudiatheis 11h

Watching Idiocracy feels less like comedy and more like a prediction of the future of humanity

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Joseph G

@MetalPepaw 2d

Who would have thought that this movie was written by Nostradamus? Anyway, what a great flick. I loved it so much that I bought it and I show it to anyone that hasn't seen it.

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Stephen G

@Mangaloverx999x Jan 4

Great comedy that seems like a documentary.

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Matthew B

@bromley93 Dec 26

BRO THIS MOVIE IDIOTCRACY IS LIKE… SMART BUT ALSO I GET IT SO THAT MEANS I’M SMART TOO OK SO THE MOVIE IS ABOUT THIS GUY WHO SLEEPS FOR A LONG TIME (SAME, KING) AND THEN WAKES UP AND EVERYONE IS, LIKE, NORMAL BUT LOUDER AND MORE AWESOME. PEOPLE WEAR CROCS ALL THE TIME WHICH IS CLEARLY PEAK CIVILIZATION. ALSO THE PRESIDENT IS A WRESTLER WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE HE CAN YELL GOOD AND FIX STUFF WITH PUNCH WORDS. THE BEST PART IS HOW SCIENCE IS DONE. THEY WATER PLANTS WITH BRAWNDO BECAUSE IT HAS ELECTROLYTES. I DON’T KNOW WHAT ELECTROLYTES ARE BUT THEY SOUND STRONG AND I DRINK THEM WHEN I’M THIRSTY AND ALSO NOT THIRSTY. THE PLANTS DIE BUT THAT’S PROBABLY THEIR FAULT. THE MOVIE IS FUNNY BECAUSE PEOPLE TALK LIKE REAL PEOPLE (LIKE ME) AND EVERYONE IS VERY CONFIDENT EVEN WHEN THEY ARE WRONG WHICH IS IMPORTANT. THE SMART GUY TRIES TO USE “FACTS” BUT FACTS ARE BORING. YELLING WORKS BETTER AND THE MOVIE KNOWS THIS. SOME PEOPLE SAY THE MOVIE IS “SATIRE” WHICH I THINK MEANS IT’S ABOUT THE FUTURE AND ALSO THE PRESENT AND ALSO IT’S NOT A DOCUMENTARY BUT IT KIND OF IS. I DON’T THINK IT’S MAKING FUN OF US. I THINK IT’S MAKING FUN OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE DUMBER THAN ME SPECIFICALLY. ENDING IS GOOD BECAUSE THE GUY BECOMES IMPORTANT EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN’T KNOW STUFF THAT GOOD, WHICH IS INSPIRING. IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I COULD ALSO BE IMPORTANT IF I JUST WAIT LONG ENOUGH AND TALK LOUD. WOULD WATCH AGAIN AFTER I FINISH THIS ENERGY DRINK AND MAYBE BEFORE I FINISH IT TOO.

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Javier T

@jtejedorsojo Dec 21

45 mins of my life I will never get back. That’s when I stopped it.

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Arlen B

@Arlen170 Dec 6

A movie that somehow has in many ways predicted the current climate of our country

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Synopsis

In 2005, average in every way private Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) is selected to take part in a secret military experiment to put him in hibernation for a year along with a woman named Rita (Maya Rudolph). The slumbering duo is forgotten when the base they are stored on is closed down and are left in stasis until 2505. When they finally wake up, they discover the average intelligence of humans has decreased so much that Joe is now the smartest man in the world.

Director: Mike Judge
Producer: Mike Judge, Elysa Koplovitz
Screenwriter: Mike Judge, Etan Cohen
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: R (Sex-Related Humor|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 1, 2006, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Oct 4, 2016
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $438.7K
Runtime: 1h 24m
Sound Mix: Dolby, DTS

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