Idiocracy Movie
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The Future Is A No Brainer
In the future, intelligence is extinct.
The purpose of the program set up by the Pentagon, called the "Human Hibernation Project," is designed so that the military can save their best men for when they're needed most. According to the officers heading the project, too many times the talents and expensive training of the best pilots and soldiers go to waste during times of peace. So they enlist Bauers (Wilson), the most under-achieving average guy they've got, to be the test subject for the initial hibernation experiment. Also participating in the top-secret program is Rita (Rudolph), a prostitute who agreed to take part in exchange for dropping some criminal charges against her, among other things. Of course, the experiment, which was to last only a year, goes under due to the arrest of Officer Collins, who is busted for heading a prostitution ring. Seeing as though he was in charge of the experiment, one of the only ones who knew of its existence, and "due to a lot of top-secret red tape... and the massive scandals and base closure that followed, Joe and Rita were forgotten about.
| Luke Wilson | Joe Bauers |
| Maya Rudolph | Rita |
| Dax Shepard | Frito |
| Anthony 'Citric' Campos | Secretary of Defense |
| David Herman | Secretary of State |
| Sonny Castillo | Prosecutor |
| Kevin McAfee | Bailiff |
| Robert Musgrave | Sgt. Keller |
| Ryan Melton | Hospital Technician |
| Justin Long | Doctor |
| Heath Jones | Cop #1 |
| Eli Muñoz | Horny Guy |
| Patrick Fischler | Yuppie Husband |
| Darlene Hunt | Yuppie Wife |
| Ryan Ransdell | Trashy Guy |
| Mike Judge |
6.40 out of 10 (16198 votes)
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The scariest movie I have ever seen
posted on 24 Aug 2009"Idiocracy" is the latest film to come from Mike "Office Space" Judge, and it certainly follows a similar theme of that film in the fact that it is an observation of stupidity and how mediocrity can overcome adversity... relatively speaking. It is a story about Joe Bauer (Luke Wilson), who is, quite literally, the most average guy in existence. Joe, and a prostitute named Rita (Maya Rudolph), become the test subjects for a military project of a hibernation chamber. They were to remain suspended for only one year, but due to lack of oversight, Joe and Rita are forgotten about and accidentally wake up 500 years in the future.Here's the scary part: This film explains, in a very realistic and plausible way, how the entire population of 2505 became absolutely retarded. With no natural predators, the evolution of the human species does not necessarily favor the quickest, smartest, and strongest people for progression of genes... just the people who breed the most. Unfortunately, those people happen to be welfare-sucking, trailer trash idiots who breed like rabbits. This abundant reproduction of the stupid people has caused an adverse effect on societal growth and now Joe and Rita are the two smartest human beings on the face of the planet. If it helps, imagine the entire population as just a hybrid of rednecks, jocks, cholos and hoochies. Seeing this nightmarish dystopia, Joe learns of and attempts to track down a time machine to see if he and Rita can get back to when they came from, and that's basically the whole plot.But despite how one-dimensional I may make it sound, this movie is higher brow than you can fathom. Nuances are everywhere and anyone can see glimpses (warning signs, if you will) of modern day dumb-ciety permeating facets of everyday life and turning it into the train wreck on display in "Idiocracy." The film has some truly awesome showcases of realistic retardedness put on a pedestal. I don't want to give anything away and ruin jokes for you, but let's just say that it is pretty thorough. I can see how some would say that it is just a lot of toilet humor, but it, odd as it may seem, has a purpose; to show how dumb and crass these people are.This film, unfortunately, is destined to see the same fate as its predecessor, "Office Space"; no one will see it in theaters, but everyone will brag about discovering this awesome/funny movie when it comes out on video. My only complaint for the film would be that the flow of the narrative sometimes gets broken so they can do a Hitchhiker's-Guide-to-the-Galaxy type exposition on how things got to be where they are, but it is a necessary evil and is implemented better here. Other than that, good characters, funny jokes, and better-than-average social commentary wrapped up in a funny bow.Final Note: If seeing our youth becoming gang-banger wanna-be's, acting like redneck/ ghetto trash and being proud of it... if you are educated and cultured in anyway and can see how our country is spiraling out of control into an abyss of stupidity, for god sakes, watch this movie.
A real horror
posted on 24 Aug 2009Yes, I know that this movie is meant as a comedy! And the humor is over the top! But the theme about people getting less intelligent in future time might not be so far fetched! I cannot say that it will happen,but if we don't take proper care of our educational system than this could be a possibility! I have noticed that some schools aren't teaching facts anymore! (Like history,geography,basic stuff). The focus is more on learning practical abilities! The theory behind most subjects may be boring but is essential in understanding how things work! In the movie there is this ridiculous example of people growing crops with Gatorade in stead of water! Well,we can laugh about it! But if you never been taught that water contains minerals necessary for plants to grow so how would you know! To me this is a scary notion! So now you understand why this subject isn't funny anymore! It could be that Mike Judge is making fun but at the same time is warning people for a real disaster if education doesn't improve fast! Am I taking this movie too seriously! Yes of course! To each his own fun! I loved Mike Judge's work (Beavis and Butthead and Office space)! In these he was able to be critical and funny at the same time! In "Idiocracy" I missed this! Most of the events are too absurd and as I said earlier very scary! I do think if you are in the mood you will like this movie!
Incredibly hilarious... and here's why
posted on 22 Aug 2009Incredibly hilarious! Luke Wilson is very good, Mya Rudolph is FANTASTIC, and Dax Sheppard continues to show off his comic range (playing a public defense attorney in a future where the average intelligence is approximately equivalent to that of a 2nd grade child... and a slow one at that!).The story is absolutely brilliant. Luke Wilson and Mya Rudolph enter into a military experiment where they will "hibernate" for a year in high tech individual freezing chambers... and then they're forgotten about for 500 years!! They wake up and everyone is dumb as rocks, there are Costco supermarkets the size of towns and, well... just watch the movie... this hasn't covered the half of it!!This moving is going to be a cult hit at least the magnitude of Office Space... and I certainly hope more.The studio put out exactly $0 in advertisements because some DUMB test audience(s) didn't understand the concept... which, for me, makes the movie all the more funny and (hopefully not, but who knows) true.If you enjoy Office Space, Old School, science fiction movies, or you would just like a laugh that doesn't make you dumber - SEE THIS MOVIE!!
The "mystery" of its release is proof of what the movie portends . . .
posted on 16 Aug 2009This is a good movie, I enjoyed it. When we got to the theater (in LA) there was no poster, no title on the marquee. I thought it wasn't playing there till my grown son filled me in; no marketing, no trailer, no poster because the corporations satirized in the movie are PO'd about how they are portrayed. The corporations will or have filed suit about their images in the film, reason enough to go see it. The filmmakers have touched a raw nerve, obviously, and it is the nerve of truth.The society of the movie's future is here. Anybody who sees this movie will recognize it as soon as you leave the theater. It may be less apparent in some other parts of the country, but in LA it cannot be ignored. Stupidity is revered, the thin-skinned denizens often react like toddlers without thought to everything that "offends" them, vulgarity rules, concepts of community are abandoned in favor of the selfish and adolescent. People no longer have or use critical thinking skills against the voices of "authority," which are the few mega-corporations left which control everything. See summary. I enjoyed the huge-voiced, '50's style narration. Viewers would do well to pay serious attention to its message even more than the messenger. But you won't leave depressed; it's a laugh out loud in places, and a caveat. Go see it.
Good Intelligent Movie About the Dumbing Down of America
posted on 14 Aug 2009Like Beavis and Butthead, this movie mocks the people it aims at with the kind of slapstick, lowbrow humor it ridicules. I have to give Mike Judge kudos for daring to mock and insult his audience then making them love it. As you read from others, this movie got dumped, doomed for oblivion, with 0 publicity and marketing budget compared to over hyped dreck like "88 Minutes" or "Step Brothers"/ There is nothing new about the observation that the stupid, both intellectually and morally, are out breeding the smart. And with free universal health care coming, this trend can only increase. And after eight years of Bush and the alleged, cool rational geniuses of the right like Laura Ingraham and Rush Limbaugh cheering every dumb ass, fascist hypocritical move Bushco made, it seems like good fortune telling. (For you cons, don't get me wrong. Pop culture, especially rap and MTV is pushing us there too at full sail, which this movie mocks like his Beavis and Butthead did.) The future is funny and depressing at the same time. A wasteland of wrecked infrastructure and cheesy fast food outlets and (Democratic free health care) hospitals run by the tail end of the bell curve denizens. Being a man from the past, Joe Bauers, Mister Average IQ of 100 unambitious military lifer, is now the smartest man alive in the future after a top secret military experiment goes wrong. He is persecuted, maligned then becomes the top dog in USA of 2505, after he figures out the crops are failing cause they are being watered with Gatorade, not plain old water.Okay, the plot and action are not terribly complicated but the satire and futuristic behavior of a nation of Beavis and Butthead couch potatoes puts it leagues ahead of the average comedy, like Zohan. Borrow or rent it, you will laugh no matter if you are 2 S.D.s behind or ahead on the bell curve.
This MOVIE WAS FUNNIER than heck!!
posted on 14 Aug 2009Honestly I never even had heard about this film, until I saw it on showtime last night. I was about to skip over it, but nothing else was on so I decided to watch it. All I have to say is that it was one of the funniest movies I have seen in a long, long time. If you pay attention to the facial expressions + what they say, listen to the words, you will be cracking up the entire movie. God I recommend this film to everyone who has a good sense of humor. I love all of the actors and actresses in this movie as well, not once was I bored because of the mix of humor each and everyone of them have, and how it collides with each other. Zack Braff, Luke Wilson, that Woman from Saturday night live, hahah. Anyway, what a great Comedy :D
Sleeper for 21st Century
posted on 08 Aug 2009While Sleeper may have been Woody Allen idea of what he would have like to happen in the future, this is what he would fear the most. Even surpassing Orwellian fears in its tangibilty. It doesn't take a genius to work out. A very original hypothesis, and when you see it you're going to wonder why no-one else thought of it. Very Funny as well, and well cast throughout. It's a must see. I think this is going to be a real big cult hit, even if the message is really quite unpalatable for many. Particularly as it hits on the chin all if not most big enterprises in or culture. Drawing their influence out into inevitable population selection pressure. Hollywood being the butt. Literally.
Lame and not even slightly funny.
posted on 06 Aug 2009I read the first few comments on this movie before I viewed it. I was expecting a good ride. The movie starts okay. It's a tool idea. To be honest I had trouble even getting thru the whole film. I loved Bottle Rocket with Luke Wilson. This isn't even close to being as good. I look in total disbelief at the comments of laughing out loud at this garbage. It's just not funny let alone laughing. Luke Wilson looked embarrassed to even be in some of the scenes. I'm not at all surprised this didn't get promoted or generally released in cinemas. The story is lame and insulting. It actually plays to the people that it supposed to parody. How ironic ! I say avoid at all costs. 1/10
Worst Movie EVER Made?
posted on 06 Aug 2009This is worse than most "straight to DVD" movies, which this film basically did anyways. Quite possibly the worst movie ever made. The only people who will think it is entertaining are the people that the movie makes fun of.This film features a joke about the top movie in 2505 being called "Ass" which was just 90 minutes of a butt farting. That is just about as bad as this movie.I can't believe I spent money to rent this movie. I feel sorry for Luke Wilson & Maya Rudolph. Either they knew how bad this movie was while they were making and finished it anyway, or they didn't know until they saw it for themselves...but I am sure they both would love for this movie to disappear off movie store shelves as soon as possible.I also nominate Terry Crews for Worst Actor Ever for this movie but he will have some stiff competition for that Award from Dax Shepard. Holy crap, I can't even put into words how bad this movie is.
Funny but flawed movie-making
posted on 04 Aug 2009The premise of this movie is one of the best---the dumbing down of America. What the producers of this film project is very scary but seemingly very possible. People talk converse in street talk, ads are everywhere, corporations control everything, and people no longer have to think. I found the satire quite amusing and laughed quite a bit. However, I fear that the average teenager won't get it at all---they won't realize it is satire and will sit in their seats wondering why they should be laughing at those in the film that talk and act like they do. It was scary when we left the theater and we saw the kids outside acting very similar to the dumb Americans of the future as depicted in this film.The film was not the best film-making. The film was narrated a bit and then it stopped and then it would start again (always a bad sign that the director was unable to move the story along cinematically). Some of the story logic did not make sense and there were a few holes in the script. Nevertheless, the premise trumps the bad film-making in this case and I found it to be an enjoyable 80 minutes.
Very Funny
posted on 29 Jul 2009Social satire at its best. I generally resent films that rely too much in sight gags, but these are brilliant. The film offers a rare mix of absurdity and humor that hits really close to home. It works both as a silly comedy and as a cautionary tale for a world that is dumbing down, a world in which Larry the Cable Guy is considered a comic genius, the fastest-growing sport involves guys driving around in circles and people still haven't figured out that professional wrestling is scripted. Just look at how few people on the Internet can put sentence together, much less figure out how contractions and homonyms work. We're a country people who don't know when to use "your" or "you're," so we've just adopted "ur." And so it begins.
Funniest film of the year and frightening too
posted on 21 Jul 2009As usual when a movie just doesn't follow the regular "crap" standard , it get a bad review , maybe theses dumbs officials movies reviewers get offended because they saw themselves on the screen , who knows ? I say this movie is good , it is not the best but it is good and he is original , for my part it scare me also because I meet more and more dumb people , is it a vision of our future ? hope not even it could be funny to see that ...for a while.I like "post atomic" SF movies , like Blade runner , Planet of the Apes (1968), escape from New-york, this movie is one of them in his own style .If you like SF movies with "post atomic" theme , if you like comedy with a little slice of "Beavis and Butt head" touch then you going to like it ...if not, f*ck you !! ( you will understand :) watching it )
Loved it, one of the funniest movies in 2006
posted on 15 Jul 2009Shame on Fox for dumping this movie. It was a total riot and I only hope that it will find a second life on DVD and cable.This is a hilarious satire. It takes the "What if" situation to an extreme and it doesn't pull any punches (or kicks to the groin). It makes you think... what is to become of this empire once we've gotten totally to lazy and stupid? Everyone gets hit in this one esp. a number of major corporations, and even Fox News takes a punch(which is probably why the movie never had a proper release - other than the marketing department over thinking the campaign and not knowing how to market it "so we'll just give up!") Some may find the movie sophomoric, due to the groin kicking, and farting, but the movie is much more than that. You either get what Mike Judge is saying, or you don't. Most of the negative reviews I've read seem to come from people who just don't get it or are film snobs.It'll probably play for one week in the selected markets so if you miss it, keep an eye out for the DVD, it'll be worth the rental and I will eventually have it in my collection.Good Job Mike Judge, it's a shame that you got screwed, but you made me laugh out loud and I look forward to the next movie you do.
Great comedy - perfectly fits Mike's Judge's style
posted on 13 Jul 2009I was one of the few who went out of my way to see this in the theater. I've thought about it frequently ever since. After two DVD viewings I'm glad to say it held up perfectly. Like any great comedy, I laughed more on each viewing, both in anticipation of gags, but also after catching things missed before. Mike Judge does very well with creating insanely comedic characters and fitting them into their world so they make sense. In Office Space, the environment make the characters believable. Idiocracy's future gives him liberty to write unbelievably dumb characters and make them work. I'll be waiting to see if they release a better DVD with some actual features before buying it. But this movie deserves the support on DVD not offered to it at the theater.
Criminally unadvertised
posted on 11 Jul 2009I was fortunate enough to be visiting Texas while this movie was playing. Fortunate because it wasn't showing anywhere close to where I live (the lack of advertising, theater count, or backing of any kind for this film is astounding) Mike Judge has yet to make anything that was less than great, and Idiocracy, while not without it's flaws, is no exception. The story of the movie is of Pvt. Bowers (Luke Wilson) who is selected by the military for a top secret cryonics program solely based on his 'averageness' and the fact that he has no family or friends that would miss him. He's frozen with a Rita, a hooker (Maya Rudolph) because the Pentagon couldn't find a military female who fit the same criteria. When the program is shut down and forgotten about, Bowers and Rita don't wake up for quite awhile. When they do, they find society is mentally retarded due to idiots breeding much faster than smart people. Blending scathing social commentary with juvenile humor, Idiocracy has many more hits than misses and I found myself laughing out loud for a good duration of the film. Maya's character must have looked hilarious on paper but she's horribly unfunny in the film and is pretty much a waste. However that's the only thing hampering an otherwise great film. Is it as good as "Office Space"? No, but what really can ascend to those heights of greatness?? However it's still a very worthy successor.My Grade: B+
Art & music nowadays - just as it is shown by the film!
posted on 09 Jul 2009So, let us imagine an ordinary Renaissance artist or musician, coming nowadays from the past with a time-machine. He/she will be a genius today in the same way as it is shown by the film. This means, that things were not going very well in these two areas of human culture last 2 or 3 hundred years. This is a one hell of a film! Good actors, superb performance, great idea. What about other predictions? Well they may come true, but there is one last frontier for mankind - space. There will be always a demand for clever an educated people to explore space. You can not survive in this ultimate hostile environment without being smart. So let's the exploration begins!
what is *wrong* with America?
posted on 07 Jul 2009Now that was one funny movie! How could the test screenings have bombed? Easily the funniest sci-fi movie I have ever seen. Makes Galaxy Quest or Spaceballs look like yawn-fests. It even works as cultural criticism and actual science fiction. (Though, science has shown people are actually getting rapidly smarter, not dumber...google "The Flynn Effect.")The only explanation I can came up with is that a substantial portion of a carefully selected test audience will be of lower than average IQ. Those with IQs below 100 or with mentally challenged family may feel insulted, and the very stupid may not understand that the fart and penis jokes are not about farts and penises but about lowbrow idiocy and rampant commercialism. Anyone who enjoys Mike Judge's more famous projects, "Beavis and Butthead" and "King of the Hill," will most likely enjoy this movie.
Publicity... What publicity!!! Idiocracy can be the dumbest cult ever!
posted on 05 Jul 2009I live in Sydney, Australia... yes, the Fox Movie Studio city where Matrix and Superman Returns was shot. What I'm trying to say is.... there is ZERO promotion & publicity for this movie down here.... that's right, no cinema screenings, no movie posters, no one talks about it, simply because they don't know it, none... absolute zero.It was back in March (2007), I was listening to a downloaded podcast, and the title of that episode was the same as this movie: Idiocracy. The podcast panel talked so much about it, it made me look up on IMDb to read about it. Weeks after, I went to get OfficeSpace and found the movie so funny, I couldn't wait until Idiocracy comes out on DVD.When it came out in May or June in Australia, I was so annoyed because it was only available to rent. Well I don't want to rent and then buy, so I patiently wait in pain. Before I knew it was on sale, I notice a shopping pamphlet was selling it cheap. I went there as soon as I could, grab it from the shelf, throw it to the register and buy it before making any second thoughts.After watching it, I realise I had never pay so much attention to a stupid movie such as this. Don't get me wrong, the wait was totally worthwhile, and funny to the max. Now I can show off the dumbest and funniest movie in a country where people knows nothing about. (Maybe that's dumb... well maybe.) Finally, I like to mention about TWiT, or This Week In Tech, the only publicity this movie can ever get, worldwide in a downloaded podcast. If you want to listen to it, Google it under 'Twit Idiocracy', the episode is number 90.
FOX is a bunch of MORONS
posted on 03 Jul 2009This movie was amazing. it would have been even better if the studio hadn't cut a significant amount of the funny scenes and covered up all the best jokes with voice over. its a hilarious, original vision of the future and if you like things that are funny, then go see it. Luke Wilson is surprisingly funny and proves to the world that he in fact CAN carry a movie (unlike you would think from Wendell Baker and Bongwater). Maya Rudolph is the perfect whore. Dax Sheperd's first outing as an actor shows promise. David Hermann (of Michael Bolton fame) is amazing but his part was cut down to near nothing, along with the rest of the president's cabinet, who were all hilarious but we barely got to see them. All in all, the movie is great, but could have been oh so much better if Mr. Judge had been able to put his true vision on the screen and not some watered down hollywoodized bullshit. anyway, I can't wait for the future if you can really get hand jobs in Starbucks.
Possibly the most underrated film of the last five years
posted on 28 Aug 2009Mike Judge's work is rather hit and miss for me. "Beavis and Butthead" was hilarious and "Office Space" was amusing if overrated, but "King of the Hill" is a bit too much of a sitcom for my liking. His finest work, "Idiocracy", is also his most unfortunately overlooked. Whether it was the attack on major corporations in the film or if Fox just didn't have faith in it, the film did absolutely no business. It played in only six states I believe and was dumped onto DVD with little to no advertising. This is a shame, because its a really special film. The screenplay combines very crude and puerile (if funny) humor with some actually insightful and intelligent commentary. Like all of Judge's work, the film risks being mistaken exactly for whats its lambasting.The film's technical levels are only average. The main characters are likable but rather undeveloped. As a director, Mike Judge is half decent and the film is quickly paced, but at only eighty or so minutes its far too short. Still, the film's commentary on the increasing dumbing down of the average American and how major media refuses to acknowledge any intelligence on the audience's behalf is both too true and quite daring for a film to say. The film is both hilarious and presenting of a dystopia that seems both all too frightening and possible. "Idiocracy" is possibly the most underrated film of the last five years, and hopefully it'll find its audience on home video. (7/10)