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Idiocracy

  • 2006
  • 12
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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Luke Wilson in Idiocracy (2006)
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AdventureComedySci-Fi

Corporal Joe Bauers, a decisively average American, is selected as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. He is forgotten and left to awaken to a future so incredibly moronic tha... Read allCorporal Joe Bauers, a decisively average American, is selected as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. He is forgotten and left to awaken to a future so incredibly moronic that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.Corporal Joe Bauers, a decisively average American, is selected as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. He is forgotten and left to awaken to a future so incredibly moronic that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.

  • Director
    • Mike Judge
  • Writers
    • Mike Judge
    • Etan Cohen
  • Stars
    • Luke Wilson
    • Maya Rudolph
    • Dax Shepard
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    182K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    392
    190
    • Director
      • Mike Judge
    • Writers
      • Mike Judge
      • Etan Cohen
    • Stars
      • Luke Wilson
      • Maya Rudolph
      • Dax Shepard
    • 714User reviews
    • 129Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Luke Wilson, David Herman, Brendan Hill, Sara Rue, Dax Shepard, and Anthony 'Citric' Campos in Idiocracy (2006)
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    Luke Wilson
    Luke Wilson
    • Joe Bauers
    Maya Rudolph
    Maya Rudolph
    • Rita
    Dax Shepard
    Dax Shepard
    • Frito
    Terry Crews
    Terry Crews
    • President Camacho
    • (as Terry Alan Crews)
    Anthony 'Citric' Campos
    Anthony 'Citric' Campos
    • Secretary of Defense
    David Herman
    David Herman
    • Secretary of State
    Sonny Castillo
    • Prosecutor
    Kevin McAfee
    • Bailiff
    • (as Kevin S. McAfee)
    Robert Musgrave
    Robert Musgrave
    • Sgt. Keller
    Michael McCafferty
    Michael McCafferty
    • Officer Collins
    • (as Mike McCafferty)
    Christopher Ryan
    • Hospital Technician
    • (as Ryan Melton)
    Justin Long
    Justin Long
    • Doctor
    Heath Jones
    • Cop #1
    Eli Muñoz
    • Horny Guy
    Patrick Fischler
    Patrick Fischler
    • Yuppie Husband
    Darlene Hunt
    Darlene Hunt
    • Yuppie Wife
    Ryan Ransdell
    • Trashy Guy
    Melissa Sweet
    • Slutty Girl
    • Director
      • Mike Judge
    • Writers
      • Mike Judge
      • Etan Cohen
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      In addition to concerns about how to market the film, Twentieth Century Fox also grew weary of the film's frequent, harsh critiques of recognizable corporations. Studio executives wished to shuffle the movie to DVD shelves as quickly and quietly as possible. The film's contract stipulated that it had to receive a theatrical release. The studio met the terms of the contract, but provided no marketing for the film, released it in an unusually small number of cinemas in select cities, and pulled the film in all markets after only one week. So little effort was put into showing the film in theaters, that some of the few cinemas that screened the film were forced to promote it as "Untitled Mike Judge Project" in their lists of coming attractions.
    • Goofs
      In the montage following his initiative to irrigate the crops with water rather than Gatorade, the crowd chant "Joe, Joe". But they all know him by the name "Not Sure".
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      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 did this happen? Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species.

    • Crazy credits
      After the credits there is a scene in which Upgrayedd arrives into the future to look for Rita.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Chibi Project: Sailor Soldiers vs Fresnel Lens (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Trio Sonata No. 1 in G
      Written by Domenico Gallo

      Performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Courtesy of Extreme Production Music

    User reviews714

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    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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    • Aug 18, 2020

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 25, 2007 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 3001
    • Filming locations
      • Austin Convention Center - 500 E. Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, Texas, USA(Escalator/Tattoo/IQ Test)
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Ternion Pictures
      • Major Studio Partners
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,400,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $444,093
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $124,367
      • Sep 3, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $495,652
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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