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| Idiocracy | 
 enlarge | Director: Mike Judge
Actors: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Anthony 'citric' Campos, David Herman
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  290 reviews
Sales Rank: 1919
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 87
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2240186D
UPC: 024543401797
EAN: 0024543401797
ASIN: B000K7VHOG
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: January 9, 2007
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Product Description
An average guy volunteers to be the subject of a hibernation experiment that goes awry. He wakes up 500 years in the future discovering that hes the smartest guy on the planet. Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 06/10/2008
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Given that Office Space is a bona fide cult classic, it comes as some surprise that Mike Judge's follow-up wasn't more heavily promoted. Granted, this live-action comedy is a darker, more pointed proposition, but it's unfortunate that few theater patrons got the opportunity to, well, judge for themselves. In Idiocracy, the King of the Hill creator visualizes what would happen if Devo's proposition--that mankind is in the process of devolution--came to pass. The catalyst: the overeducated start having fewer children while the undereducated have more. Enter Joe (Luke Wilson), a military librarian with no family and even less ambition. The Pentagon chooses him for a top-secret hibernation project due to his extreme "average-ness." They select Rita (SNL's Maya Rudolph), a prostitute, for the same reason. When the experiment goes haywire, the two emerge 500 years later--rather than one. Now it's 2505 and they're the brightest people in the over-polluted land. Everyone else is, basically, Beavis and Butt-head. Yes, the satire couldn't be less subtle, but the premise gives Judge license to make as much fun of junk food pop culture as dystopian classics like 1984 and Planet of the Apes. Wilson wisely plays it straight, even if the actors who surround him sometimes succumb to excess. And the effects may be cheesy, but that just adds to the fun. Idiocracy features former footballer Terry Crews (Everybody Hates Chris) as President Camacho and Dax Shepard (Punk'd) as Joe's futuristic friend Frito. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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 Biting Satire, with a Heart of Gold November 22, 2008
With its own ironically goofy veneer of stupidity, crudeness and cheese, this film is a brilliant and hilarious study of stupidity, crudeness and cheese taken to extremes. The many reviewers who have given Idiocracy 4 and 5 star reviews recognize the intelligence within the farce, but few seem to note the undercurrent of sympathy and compassion that is present, as well. It is certainly a dark vision of a radically dumbed-down future, yet its view of the "average guy" of the present, personified by the Luke Wilson charecter who is the movie's protagonist, is surprisingly optimistic. He is never less than well-meaning, and his confusion never veers into fear and blind reaction. He accepts the mental limitations of those he's surrounded by and he is forgiving when he is victimized by them. Playing an artless innocent, Luke Wilson's acting is easy to underestimate.
There have been some complaints about production quality, acting and the "silly love story" that develops in the latter course of the film. For me, these criticisms are off the mark. I would not change a thing about this unpretentious work of genius.
It's like a crystal ball! November 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In retrospect, it is coming true.
Who wrote the script? a really good fortune teller?
A Classic October 30, 2008
This is a very funny movie. Great story line and flawless casting.
This movie tells the amazing story of where our civilization is headed and
what happens when we get there.
So funny, I fell off my chair October 26, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Some reviewers have named "Idiocracy" a flawed masterpiece, and that might be valid, but there is so much funny stuff in this film, I'm willing to overlook some artistic flaws.
The premise of the film is rather BRAZIL -Lite: the future is not so bright, not at ALL bright. We're drowning in garbage, the average intellect of the population has sunk to below-Jerry-Springer lows, and there is a dust bowl and famine as well. The world in the 2500's has become a place where Starbucks is a massage parlor, TV has shows that make "Jackass" look like Masterpiece Theater, and Costco is where you buy everything, including advanced degrees.
I laughed myself silly throughout the film; you really have to pause it from time to time to look at the costumes and the sets; the premise here is that every surface is a place for an advertisement (which is a natural outcome from current practices such as ads on airplane tray tables, gas pump handles and any place the eye rests for more than two seconds.) The extras on this film are rather minimal, but there is one wonderful tidbit "Museum of Farts"--which had us clutching our sides in absolute hysteria. The actors are relatively unknown but do admirable work. Some of the special effects are pretty lame--no special CGI here, but it's all fitting the very light attitude of this film. You'll never read another news blurb about Jamie and Britney Spears the same way again, I promise you.
True Story? October 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie is absolutely hilarious!! The name alone says it all. Mike Judge is such a genius. This movie could very well turn out to be a true story or a harbinger of things to come. Goofy yet prophetic. Beef Supreme Rulz!!!!!
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