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Idiocracy on DVD (2007)

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Average rating: 52%
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Starring: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Anthony Campos, David Herman, Sonny Castillo, Robert Musgrave
Director: Mike Judge
Studio: 20TH CENTURY FOX
Run time: 84 mins
Certificate: 15
User collections: Films that float my boat, Guilty pleasures - Style over Substance!, Best Films, Shittest Films I have rented from Lovefilm
Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Languages: English
Released: 19/03/2007

Brief synopsis of 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.

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Rated - 4 starsSeems like a lot of reviewers missed the point.

ScreenSimian from Watford [Highly rated reviewer] , 21/05/2007

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!

  23 out of 25 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 1 starsas funny as steven seagal(used to be)

brian green from SCOTLAND [Highly rated reviewer] , 11/02/2007

ABOUT AS FUNNY AS CLEANING DRAINS, STARTED OF NOT TOO BAD BUT RAPIDLY SLID TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DUNG HEAP, MAYBE THE AMERICANS LAUGHED, BUT I,M STILL WAITING

  26 out of 41 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 2 starsIt's not that bad...

Cigol Cigol , 28/03/2007

It's not that bad, but then It's not that good either. The film is dumb, and I do mean dumb! The tone is consistently stupid and lowbrow but never descends into any controversial areas. This ends up making the experience rather dull and flat but for all it's failings it never genuinely takes itself seriously (despite the irony in the plot itself). If you're expecting laughs, you won't get them. I have never really found any of Judge's work to be funny anyway, but I do find them quaint and affable and that's also the case here. It's not intelligent, it's not funny... but it's not a bad way to waste a couple of hours even if it is ultimately forgettable.

  19 out of 23 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 5 starsA Great Mike Judge film!

A customer from England , 24/03/2007

If you liked Beavis & Butt-head do america and office space then you'll love this film. Ok, its not going to win any oscars, its not that sort of film. And its also not meant to stimulate your intelligence or emotions its just there to make you laugh. After watching this you'll notice these sort of people more and more in society. Luke Wislon delivers a good performance and I was entertained all the way through. Infact it's worth watching twice as you pick up on things you missed the first time around. I dont want to give away too much but I recommend watching it.

  16 out of 20 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 0 starsIdiot to watch it.

Stokie from Stoke-on-Trent [Highly rated reviewer] , 08/05/2007

This Film is the biggest load of rubbish I have ever had the misfortune of watching.

Absolute dire storyline and the acting was worse i can't believe that anyone other than a 11-13 year old would enjoy this Garbage.

  7 out of 10 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 1 starsLuke Wilson...what were you thinking?

A customer from North London , 20/05/2007

Oh dear! Is this nonsense what is passed up as entertainment these days? Wilson must have been REALLY hard up for cash to agree to do this joke of a movie!

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