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Idiocracy Details

2007 Certificate 15
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Private Joe Bowers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes 500 years in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive. Read more

Starring Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Anthony Campos
Director Mike Judge
Genres Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Idiocracy

Private Joe Bowers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes 500 years in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.

Starring Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Anthony Campos, David Herman, Sonny Castillo, Robert Musgrave
Director Mike Judge
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX
Run time DVD: 1 hr 24 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 19 Mar 2007
Production year: 2007
Format DVD
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  • 42 out of 44 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Seems like a lot of reviewers missed the point.

    A lot of things in this film are really stupid, but the comedy is in the irony of the future people who are so stupid themselves that they find it hilarious. If you don't get the irony or realise the consequences of dysgenics and anti-intellectualism then you probably won't get this film.

    It isn't just a satirical black comedy, but also a stimulus to make people think about the dumming down of our society and what happens if global corporations are left unchecked ... than is, if they can still think!

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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Idiotic...but amusing

    I quite enjoyed this. Okay, so it wont win any awards for realism, or plot depth - the whole thing is so blatantly ludicrous. But in a strange kind of way it won me over, though it's hard to say exactly why. But if you sit down and watch it, accepting your going to be wasting 80 minutes of your life on something a little bit silly, and just accept it for what it is, you may just like it.

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