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Idiocracy | 
 enlarge | Director: Mike Judge
Actors: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Eric Anderson, Mitch Baker
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: Movie
Buy New: $2.99
Rating:  302 reviews
Sales Rank: 40
Genre: Book Adaptations
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 85 Minutes
ASIN: B000NB26NA
Theatrical Release Date: February 14, 2006
Release Date: November 10, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Synopsis:
Meet Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson), the first subject for the army?s top secret human hibernation experiment. When the trail run goes awry, this "average Joe" awakens in the year 2505 only to discover that he is the smartest person in the world, stuck with the dumbest people in history. Now it?s up to him to get human evolution back on track! |
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 Don't bother January 1, 2009
Christopher B. Holmes (Washington, DC)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you're thinking of renting this movie because you're curious to see just how stupid a movie can be, save yourself the trouble: it really is that bad. I managed 20 minutes before I hit fast forward followed very quickly by delete.
 Idiocracy December 28, 2008
Ruben Sampedro (Miami, Florida USA)
Not as funny I as though it would be. Some funny scenes, but gets a little boring and stupid at times.
 Smart start, moronic ending December 27, 2008
Jean E. Pouliot (Newburyport, MA United States)
I made the mistake of telling my boss, when I was only a third of the way through this movie, what a smart satire it was of modernity. The poor guy went out and bought a copy and, unlike me, watched it all the way through. When I saw him next, he wanted to know what I thought was so funny. Though "Idiocracy" has many moments of clarity and brilliance, had I watched farther than I did, I would have understood his point.
"Idiocracy" tells the tales of Joe Bauers, played by the ever-amiable Luke Wilson -- a low ranking Air Force drudge who is more than happy to hang onto his out-of-the-way cellar desk job. Destiny intervenes in the shape of a test project to freeze ordinary humans, and next thing you know Bauers (and a hooker from downtown) end up in suspended animation for 500 years. Meanwhile, Earth's idiots have outbred the smarties and (by dint of natural selection) now run the planet. Ordinary-IQ Bauers wakes up and is suddenly, by default, the smartest man on Earth.
The sight gags are pretty funny. Garbage is piled as high as skyscrapers. An actual restaurant chain with an already near-scatalogical name (rhymes with "crud muckers") undergoes two additional name changes to something hilariously uncouth and unprintable. Hospitals are staffed by gum-chewing idiots who painstakingly diagnose a patient's complaints using a pictorial shape board. You need to freeze this shot to appreciate the humor packed into this device alone. Language has devolved to a combination of hillbilly, valley-speak and grunts. Corporate logos are ubiquitous, and everything -- down to the clothing worn by the proles, even the judge and lawyers at court -- sports a bevy of corporate brands like NASCAR race cars. Bauers' "intelligence" marks him as a threat, and he is widely feared by the idiot citizenry. He runs into trouble, but ends up as advisor to the President, a foul-mouthed, black former wrestler and porn star.
My boss's opinion notwithstanding, "Idiocracy" is brilliant and incisive, especially early on. But around the halfway mark, it gets a little too serious and the gags and insights peter out. It's here alas, that the film's magic runs out and one begins to wonder how this gaggle of morons manages to maintain the machines and computers they depend on. Add a romance and a silly chase scene, and the fun is over. But while it lasted it was a great ride. Kudos to Mike Judge for daring to name the direction of our society -- which has quickly become a celebration of the lowbrow, the irrelevant and the vulgar.
My boss? I offered to buy the film from him for the $5 it cost him to buy a used copy. But he insisted that it wasn't even worth that much, and he slid it across the desk into my hands. I still don't think it's a bad film, though surely not the masterpiece that some believe it is. Cult film? Not likely. But "Idiocracy's" successes and its great ideas make it worth a watch.
Warning: Don't eat while watching December 24, 2008
Rachel Jenkins (Morehead, KY United States)
I love Mike Judge's Office Space, which I also own, so ordered Idiocracy, sight unseen. My kids had just arrived for a visit the day it arrived, so I put it on. I made the mistake of trying to eat while watching..not recommended as I nearly choked. Luke Wilson makes a great "normal guy" foil and I'm a fan of Maya Rudolph from SNL. I kept belly-laughing for a week afterward. Like Beavis and Butthead, it's more a Juvenalian (way harsh) than Horatian (witty and kindly) satire
Oh, yeah; if you have younger children around you might want to wait until they're in bed before you watch it..unless, of course, you also let them watch South Park
 Funny, but also sad view of America in the future December 17, 2008
D. Deason (Memphis, TN USA)
This movie is very funny, although not everyone will get all the humor. As funny as it is, the sad part is that this is a very accurate view into the future of America, and it won't take 500 years, if our educational system isn't drastically improved.
I can't help but laugh every time the Costco scene comes on, because it seems like every few years big chains decide their new stores have to keep getting bigger and bigger, and you do almost need a tram system to get around them.
President Kamacho is a prefect example of someone that is elected into office due to their celebrity status rather than actual job qualifications, but he is one funny President.
Everyone in America should watch this movie, and really think about the message it is sending.
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