Idiocracy (2006)

[SamT]

Title: Idiocracy (2006)

Tagline: In the future, intelligence is extinct.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

Director: Mike Judge

Cast: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, Anthony 'Citric' Campos, David Herman, Sonny Castillo, Kevin McAfee, Robert Musgrave, Michael McCafferty, Christopher Ryan, Justin Long, Heath Jones, Eli Muñoz, Patrick Fischler, Darlene Hunt, Ryan Ransdell, Melissa Sweet, Valerie Posas, Wes Davis, Andrew Wilson, Mark Tuner, Kevin Klee, John Dodson, Melissa Espinales, Joseph Cheatham, Jason Schaefer, Richard Reeder, Lawrence Castillo, Turk Pipkin, Heather Kafka, Christopher M. Campos, Roman Ramos, Randal Reeder, Scarface, Brendan Hill, Thomas Haden Church, Melissa Dawn, Derek Southers, Lidia Porto, Gregory Kelly, Greg Pitts, Jason Konopisos, Mitch Baker, Daniel Smith, Chris Warner, Lonnie Nelson, Danny Cochran, Marcos Martinez Rios, Earl Mann, Sara Rue, Evan Miller, Heath Allyn, Erik Anderson, Jason Bohn, Glori Renee Euwer, Evelyn Hurley, Kristoffer Kjornes, Max Kruemcke, T.J. McFarland, Jesse Medeles, James Moreno, Dan Murphy, Steve Powers, Stephen Root, Lainie Safady, Ava Knighten Santana, Kati Sharp, Michael Sorrells, Gary Teague, Curtis Wayne, Caitlin Wehrle, Heath Young

Release: 2006-09-01

Runtime: 84

Plot: 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.

 

[Worth]

Hmmm. I can't imagine why this is coming up now.

 

[JohnRice]

I saw this back in 2006. I might have to dig it up.

 

[Malcolm R]

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Documentary

FIxed that.

 

[ChristopherG]

FIxed that.

Well played....

 

[Suzanne.S]

I always thought of as more of a horror flick.

 

[dpippel]

I'm goin' to Starbucks...

 

[Jeffrey D]

President Camacho was a trip.

 

[JoeStemme]

IDIOCRACY (2006). When this film came out, it was looked at as a broad satire of how infantile our culture could become. Now? Events may already overtaken it and made it seem too mild!

Mike Judge's tale is a riff on Woody Allen's SLEEPER where a man from the present ends up in a future he doesn't recognize. An “average Joe” (Luke Wilson) circa 2005 wakes up centuries in the future to find a world so dumbed down that he's the smartest man around! Joe meets up with Frito (Dax Shepard) and Rita (Maya Rudolph) and they end up in the orbit of the boisterous President Camacho (Terry Crews). Together they try to upgrade the intelligence of the American public - good luck with that!

Judge and Etan Cohen's screenplay is a bit scattershot at times, but it is fitfully hilarious too. The most popular show on TV is “Ow! My Balls!” about the various way a man's marbles can be whacked. Costcos are the size of cities and junk food is not only king - but, often the full meal. Again - is this really “centuries from now?”. The supporting cast include Thomas Haden Church as Brawndo's CEO and uncredited bits by Sara Rue and Stephen Root.

Fox was so scared of the film it was barely released. Even when theaters requested the rights to show the movie, they were often denied. Of course, this only made the cult surrounding it only that much stronger.

Now, sit back, take a big swig of Brawndo and enjoy the future! Er...the present....? Past?

 

[dpippel]

It becomes more and more like a documentary every year...

 

[JoeStemme]

Still has never been released on Blu Ray. IDIOCRACY is the movie it's own rights holders just don't care about.

 

[WillG]

Another satire movie that has become essentially a documentary today is PCU

 

[SamT]

Ah I remember "this". It was fun! Too soon. Wait 2 more years.