Idiocracy

R

Released Sep 1, 2006

1 hr. 24 min.

Comedy

Sci-Fi

List

71%

52 Reviews

Tomatometer

60%

50,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

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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Jorge F

Don't watch it without taking a step back and thinking how some of it like real life is today. The stupid things government does. The sheer stupidity of the people in our government and how dumb it seems people in general are becoming. This is our future if we continue the way we are going.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/30/24

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Lori A

Frighteningly prophetic.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/27/24

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Movie G

This movie should be mandatory to watch and study in school.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/23/24

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Masha I

By far one of the best movies ever made! In fact, we are living in its prequel right now.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/11/24

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Jack S

This one has improved with age as we sit waiting for an election between two of the oldest presidents in history. Not even fiction could have predicted this outcome for the end of our democracy.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/24

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Bobby C

This hilarious movie has aged into, somehow, an accurate prediction.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/29/24

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Mike Judge

Director

Luke Wilson

Pvt. Joe Bowers

Maya Rudolph

Rita

Dax Shepard

Frito

Terry Crews

President Camacho

David Herman

Secretary of State

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Reihan Salam

Slate

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.

Apr 9, 2020

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Bilge Ebiri

Village Voice

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

Oct 4, 2016

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Ann Hornaday

Washington Post

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.

May 7, 2009

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Crappy film.

Rated: D

Nov 20, 2020

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Peter Schom

IGN Movies

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

Rated: 4/10

Apr 9, 2020

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Lucy Barrick

Radio Times

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.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 9, 2020

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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
Executive Producer: Michael Nelson
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
Sound Mix: Dolby, DTS

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