Idiocracy

2006

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Thriller

112
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 61% · 51 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 61% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 211301 211.3K

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Plot summary

To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.

Director

Mike Judge Photo
Mike Judge

Top cast

Andrew Rice Photo
Andrew Rice as Shopper
Brendan Hill Photo
Brendan Hill as Secretary of Energy
Andrew Wilson Photo
Andrew Wilson as Beef Supreme
Patrick Fischler Photo
Patrick Fischler as Yuppie Husband
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551.29 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
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1.55 GB
1920*1056
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by malik-khalid-ejaz 7 / 10

Prophetic foresight!

"Idiocracy," a satirical masterpiece by Mike Judge, is a film that was truly ahead of its time. Released in 2006, its portrayal of a future society plagued by anti-intellectualism, rampant consumerism, and a general decline in critical thinking skills seemed like a far-fetched exaggeration. However, watching it today, the film's satirical commentary feels eerily prophetic and uncomfortably close to reality.In an age where misinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, and political discourse often devolves into name-calling and ad hominem attacks, "Idiocracy" hits uncomfortably close to home. The film's portrayal of a society where entertainment and spectacle are valued over knowledge and critical thinking serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of apathy and intellectual laziness.
Reviewed by dudleyframeworx 7 / 10

Idiocracy the Documentary

A great film that was well before its time - for the petition to have Idiocracy moved to the documentary section place your thumb here - there's not much else to say other than it's real strength is in its realism; taking poorly-educated people into a future where education is no longer valued and intelligence is ridiculed and then watching them come to terms with this realisation (now i'm just filling space because the silly thing won't allow me to stop typing until i have fulfilled my quota of characters, which is in itself a pretty silly idea when you think about it - i just wanted to say it should be a documentary... ah okay, now we're done.
Reviewed by mickekarlsson1974 8 / 10

No longer a comedy...

I saw this sometime back in 2009-10, and thought it was kind of fun, but completely over the top and ridiculous. It felt like a wafer thin plot used to run one cheap joke after the other, all based on roughly the same premise. That humanity's race towards stupidity, in 500 years time, has reached maximum peak.Well... Guess what...It is now August 2020 and I just saw this again, for the second time in my life. It turns out Idiocracy has transformed into some sort of Kafka'esque nightmare! When watching those first ten minutes after Joe wakes up in 2505, when he's walking around trying to get his bearings in the sea of morons, getting assaulted because he sounds smart, I wasn't thinking "this is beyond ridiculous" (like I did 11-12 years ago). Now I just couldn't help feeling totally frustrated about the whole situation, and empathetic with Joe. My wife, who was seeing it for the first time, reacted with a blunt "This is a total nightmare!".Don't get me wrong now. This is still a great comedy, it has just gone from an over-the-top ridiculous one, to a prophetic piece of commentary on current society. It was of course just that even back in 2006, but it was just NO WAY to imagine how far (or low) we would have come in a mere 14 years. I think Mike Judge's estimate of 500 years is far too generous. We'll reach Idiocracy in no more than 100 - unless we manage to blow ourselves up before that, which actually seem far more likely.
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