Idiocracy

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Idiocracy

R,

2006,

1h 24m,

Comedy/

Sci-Fi

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71%

51 Reviews

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60%

50,000+ Ratings

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71%

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51 Reviews

60%

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50,000+ Ratings

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.

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

Apr 9, 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

Oct 4, 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

May 7, 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

Nov 20, 2020

D

Crappy film.

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Peter Schom

IGN

Apr 9, 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

Apr 9, 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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Hagrid S

Mar 31, 2019

Art imitating life...USA 2020

Finn G

Mar 31, 2019

The first comedy movie unwillingly turned into a documentary. You can see it happening before your eyes in real life. And as someone said, the future depicted in the movie is still far better than what will happen in real life because in the movie they listen to smarter people.

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Harry L

Mar 14, 2019

Proving only that dumber are those who try to argue with dumb people, this is a cheap one-joke comedy that should have been made as an SNL sketch instead of a movie, as it is too silly not to realize that there couldn't possibly be airplanes or stocks in a society like that.

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Mar 8, 2019

This movie has aged from being a comedy to a documentary

Finn W

Mar 3, 2019

This movie was supposed to be a comedy about a far future in XXVI Century. From the perspective of 2019, it is a documentary of contemporary society proving that the biggest damage has already been done.

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Ron M

Feb 16, 2019

Great premise and decent acting makes me forget the cheap CGI and predictable ending. Loved it.

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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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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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