Starring: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Anthony 'Citric' Campos, David Herman Directed By: Mike Judge Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 09, 2007 Running Time: 87 minutes Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Amazon.com: Given that Office Space is a bona fide cult classic, it comes as some surprise that Mike Judge's follow-up wasn't more heavily promoted. Granted, this live-action comedy is a darker, more pointed proposition, but it's unfortunate that few theater patrons got the opportunity to, well, judge for themselves. In Idiocracy, the King of the Hill creator visualizes what would happen if Devo's proposition--that mankind is in the process of devolution--came to pass. The catalyst: the overeducated start having fewer children while the undereducated have more. Enter Joe (Luke Wilson), a military librarian with no family and even less ambition. The Pentagon chooses him for a top-secret hibernation project due to his extreme "average-ness." They select Rita (SNL's Maya Rudolph), a prostitute, for the same reason. When the experiment goes haywire, the two emerge 500 years later--rather than one. Now it's 2505 and they're the brightest people in the over-polluted land. Everyone else is, basically, Beavis and Butt-head. Yes, the satire couldn't be less subtle, but the premise gives Judge license to make as much fun of junk food pop culture as dystopian classics like 1984 and Planet of the Apes. Wilson wisely plays it straight, even if the actors who surround him sometimes succumb to excess. And the effects may be cheesy, but that just adds to the fun. Idiocracy features former footballer Terry Crews (Everybody Hates Chris) as President Camacho and Dax Shepard (Punk'd) as Joe's futuristic friend Frito. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Product Description: From Mike Judge one of the creative minds behind "Beavis and Butt-Head" "King of the Hill" and Office Space comes an outrageous sci-fi comedy that'll make you think twice about the future of mankind.Meet Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson). He's not the sharpest tool in the shed. But when a government hibernation experiment goes awry Bowers awakens in the year 2505 to find a society so dumbed-down by mass commercialism and mindless TV programming that he's become the smartest guy on the planet. Now it's up to an average Joe to get human evolution back on track!Filled with razor-sharp sarcasm and outrageous sight gags Idiocracy will make you laugh out loud whether you're an absolute genius or a complete idiot!Extras:Anamorphic3 trailers5 deleted scenesFeatures: Outtakes (Five deleted scenes: Babies - Trashy Guy & Girl in Truck / Girlfriend #1 / Girlfriend #2 / Museum of Fart / Joe in Whitehouse Looks Out)System Requirements:Run Time: 84 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 024543401797 Manufacturer No: 2240179
It's Obvious Why This Film Was Shoved Aside ...because it's not so much a look at the direction we're headed as a society...it's an indictment of what we ALREADY ARE! Hilarious...language is crude but it has to be to get it's point across. Just wish I could show it to my kids to give them fair warning of what they will be dealing more and more with as time marches on. And the marching will be pretty out-of-step.
Scarier than most horror movies, but brilliant social commentary. As a community college instructor, I was shaking with terror after this movie. It was supposed to be a comedy and indeed, I laughed heartily most of the time while watching. But, later I kept finding myself thinking, "Oh god, that's so true." All in all, it is brilliant and succinct, if not crude, social commentary. Please watch it and share it with your friend. Then donate to Planned Parenthood! Also, don't forget to go read a book as soon as possible!
Great for repeated viewings This is one of my favorite movies ever. I think the future that's described in it is already substantially here. I have seen it at least 10 times, and every time I notice new things in the background. Plus, it's great for quotable lines. It's obvious why the movie was suppressed - it offends too many big businesses.
Idiocracy I'm not sure if this movie is so funny it's scary, or so scary it's funny. A side-splittingly sober comment on the future of America.
Son and husband love this! We first saw this movie on one of the pay channels and my son and husband loved it so much, I decided to get it for them on DVD so they could watch it whenever they want. Guess it's a guy thing...
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