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Idiocracy (2006) DVD Review
Idiocracy (2006) DVD Credits:
Idiocracy (2006) Directed by:
Mike Judge
Idiocracy (2006) Written by:
Etan Cohen, Mike Judge
Idiocracy (2006) Cast:
Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, David Herman, Sara Rue, Stephen Root, Justin Long
Idiocracy (2006) Released by:
Not available at this time
Region:
1
Idiocracy (2006) DVD Release Date:
9th January 2007
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Idiocracy (2006) Synopsis:

Five hundred years in the future, Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) discovers he’s the smartest man on the planet, and he becomes a close advisor to the president of the United States President Comacho (Terry Alan Crews) in "Idiocracy".

Idiocracy (2006) DVD Review:

Taking into consideration the fact that this is the second live-action feature film from Mike Judge, the man who brought us Office Space is the wrong way to approach Idiocracy. Taking into consideration that this was directed by the man who created Beavis and Butt-head is more likely to give you an accurate idea of what the humor is like. Judge shows his love of idiotic behavior with a plot that has an entire film full of them, and even a bit of action which can only be described as cartoonish. There is a purpose for the idiotic behavior, however, which cannot easily be said of the laughing cartoon high school students. Idiocracy is also a message film, however base and simplistic it may be. Perhaps this is so even the less intelligent could get the point.

The opening sequence may be the best delivered in the entire film when we see the world decline as intelligent people stop procreating while ignorant humans who can’t even figure out birth control are having plenty of babies. Private Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) is put in a cryogenic freezing chamber with a prostitute as an experiment while the world is at the peak of intelligence. The experiment was meant to last a couple of years, but everyone got stupid so fast that they forgot about the two frozen guinea pigs. They wake up 500 years in the future at which point Joe realizes that he is the smartest man alive. This doesn’t help him much in a world so unintelligent that they are unable to even recognize intelligence.

The humor gets to be a bit wearing after the same jokes begin repeating. There are only so many times that guys getting hit in their crotch is humorous, and if you think otherwise the film is mocking you. There is a slight discrepancy when the humor is poking fun at unintelligent behavior when I’m certain I am no more intelligent having watched Idiocracy. Just as idiotic is the way that the DVD is set up, making it nearly impossible to see the choice amidst the cluttered neon mess. Special features include five deleted scenes. A few are sort of funny, but no more than the film itself.

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Idiocracy (2006) DVD review written by: Ryan Izay

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