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Idiocracy

Idiocracy

Comedy · Science Fiction · Adventure · 2006

To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.

Movie details

Idiocracy

“In the future, intelligence is extinct.”

2006 Comedy · Science Fiction · Adventure 1h 25m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.5 / 10

213K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

71 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

66 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

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To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Idiocracy?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Mike Judge

Written by

Etan Cohen · Mike Judge

Luke Wilson

Luke Wilson

Joe Bauers

Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph

Rita

Dax Shepard

Dax Shepard

Frito

Terry Crews

Terry Crews

President Camacho

Anthony 'Citric' Campos

Anthony 'Citric' Campos

Secretary of Defense

David Herman

David Herman

Secretary of State

S

Sonny Castillo

Prosecutor

Court is in session

Put Idiocracy on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Auteur Devotee

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.