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  • Actors: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard
  • Directors: Mike Judge
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 19 Mar 2007
  • Run Time: 83 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000N3T2CQ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,681 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Synopsis
Mike Judge (BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD, OFFICE SPACE) makes his second directorial foray into live-action comedy with IDIOCRACY. When a none-too-bright fighter pilot (Luke Wilson) volunteers for a military experiment that propels him 1000 years into the future, he finds himself in a dumbed-down society in which he is the smartest member.

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sharp, satirical, chilling. And utterly hilarious., 16 April 2007
By Paul Larkin (UK) - See all my reviews
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This is the best film I've seen in a long time, and it's surely destined for cult status.

It presents a view of the future which is totally opposite from the conventional hi-tech Utopian vision. The world's population consists entirely of puerile idiots who haven't a clue about anything. The attention to detail in the way the moronic goings-on are depicted is quite incredible - kind of reminded me of the Fifth Element in some respects.

The cinematography is also rather beautiful in a melancholic way, even though the world it's portraying is poisonous, artificial and utterly unwholesome. The "garbage avalanche" scene is awesome.

Highly recommended. I rented this at the weekend and have had to purchase it immediately - I can see myself watching this over and over.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Already halfway there!, 4 Aug 2007
By Shawn Watson "God of Gods" (Badger's Brook, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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If you're in the mood for sharp dose of intelligent satire then Idiocracy is the movie for you. I'd never heard of it until I gave it a rent and it's wall to wall hilarious, I kid you not.

Luke Wilson plays magnificently average Army guy Joe Bowers, who is encouraged to take part in a hibernation experiment because of his complete ordinariness. Along with Rita, an equally average hooker (!), he is sent to sleep in a large incubator with the intention of being woken up in a year. But during his slumber there is a scandal on the base and it's closed down, the incubators forgotten about.

Flash forward 500 years and the human race has been incredibly dumbed-down, following the orders of super-conglomerates, talking in a warped language of unintelligible slang syntax, wanting nothing more than to sit in front of a big screen TV and watch moronic shows while being bombarded with commercials for unessential products while the planet turns into a giant trash heap. Doesn't sound like it could ever happen could it? Breaking free of his incubator and let loose in this strange world, Joe now finds himself the most intelligent person alive, but instead of using this newfound talent to make friends and make the world a better place he is shunned by society for being 'faggy'. As Lisa Simpson once put it, as intelligence goes up, happiness goes down.

We really do live in a world where the REAL brains, scientists, doctors and honest leaders are cast aside to make way for footballers, movie-stars and backstabbing politicians. Eerie foreshadowing, no doubt about it.

Desperate to get back to his own time, Joe teams up with Rita to find a supposed time machine. But he is made 'Secretary of the Interior' by wrestling champion, porn-star extraordinaire and President of the United States Camancho. The country is the middle of a devastating dust-bowl since no crops are growing. But that's because they are being fed with Brawndo (Gatorade) because the Brawndo cooperation deemed water a threat to their profits and bought the rights to it. A problem easily solved. But who's going to believe that?

It's a shame this film didn't find legs in the cinemas, but like Mike Judge's other cult hit, Office Space, I'm sure it will find an audience on DVD. Judge seems to have a strange, unpredictable sense of humor. I'm a big fan of King of the Hill and Daria and if you are too then you should definitely check out Idiocracy. After all, it's fun for us intelligent folks to laugh at the dumb. Though I fear we are fighting a losing battle.

And how can you turn down any movie with a character called 'Beef Supreme'?
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars F***ing hilarious, 27 Mar 2007
found this film quite by accident, and i thought it was absloutley hilarious. ok, so its daft, and it aint gonna win an oscar, but it had me in stitches. its a silly, funny film, and it doesnt pretend to be anything else. if you liked team america, or the pick of destiny then you MUST buy this film!!!its got electrolytes!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Comic Vision of Dysgenic Uhmerica
This film was completed in 2005. Its release was delayed in the USA until the end of 2006. Even then, it was only released in 125 US cinemas instead of the usual 3000, and box... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Silly, funny, worth the money
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2.0 out of 5 stars Don't Judge Mike on this load of c***
I get what Judge is trying to say - that everything seems to be aimed at the lowest common denominator (i.e. reality shows)and if we continue like this it'll only get worse. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A hilariously brilliant film
Idiocracy is simply comic genius. It is in my top 5 list of favorite films along with Amelie, Donnie Darko, Pans Labarynth and Hitch. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wake up sheeple
Those of you who do not 'get' this film please wake up and look beyond the presentation to see what the actual message is.

Don't judge it as a 'film'. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mr. J. M. Nagle

1.0 out of 5 stars Possibly the least funny thing I've seen in 2007.
If there's any humour here, it would take a pickaxe and explosives to uncover it. An amusing idea and no doubt where we're actually headed, but all a trifle too 'obvious'. Read more
Published 18 months ago by mad_mushroom

3.0 out of 5 stars Good enough
A good enough film which was entertaining but is in no danger of international acclaim. The story is very predictable and not the most creative. Read more
Published 21 months ago by SHANN

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!
Most sci-fi seems to paint a nice, happy picture of the future, but I really find this unlikely.
Idiocracy paints the sort of future I think is far more likely, whilst being... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Funniest...film...ever (unless you are American and/or dim)
This dystopian satire, by Mike Judge of Beavis and Butthead fame, had me in stitches from start to finish. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2007 by Mr. Tom C. Walker

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