Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes five centuries in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.
Officer Collins has been spearheading one of the US Army's most secretive experiments to date: the Human Hibernation Project. If successful, the project would store its subjects indefinitely until they are needed most. Their first test subject - Joe Bauers - was not chosen for his superiority. Instead, he's chosen because he's the most average guy in the armed services. But scandal erupts after the experiment takes place - the base is closed, and the president denies any knowledge of the project - Unfortunately, Joe doesn't wake up in a year, he wakes up in 500 years. But during that time human evolution has taken a dramatic downturn. After waking up, Joe takes a prison-assigned IQ test and finds that he's the smartest guy alive. Awaiting a full presidential pardon if he can solve one of the country's biggest problems - the dwindling plant population, Joe races against time to solve this problem. But he alienates half the country in the process. Can he make things right and escape a ...Written by
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Writer and Director Mike Judge came up with the idea for the film while he was visiting Disneyland with his family and saw two mothers, with kids in strollers, fighting and cursing at each other. He thought it would be horrible if humanity was like this in the future. See more »
Goofs
During President Camacho's speech in the House of Representin' he fires an automatic rifle to quiet the crowd. He fires upward and to his right, but debris falls on him from directly above. See more »
Quotes
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Narrator:
As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest, reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits of man, now began to favor different traits. Most science fiction of the day predicted a future that was more civilized and more intelligent. But as time went on, things seemed to be heading in the opposite direction. A dumbing down. How ...
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Crazy Credits
After the credits there is a scene in which Upgrayedd arrives into the future to look for Rita. See more »
I don't understand low ratings for this movie. Know that the studio didn't want it and didn't like it. I think most of the voice-over is studio-added because they didn't think the audience could understand the movie without help. Please watch it, even pay for it over free movies with your service. I'll be surprised if you don't thank me, surprised and disappointed.
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I don't understand low ratings for this movie. Know that the studio didn't want it and didn't like it. I think most of the voice-over is studio-added because they didn't think the audience could understand the movie without help. Please watch it, even pay for it over free movies with your service. I'll be surprised if you don't thank me, surprised and disappointed.