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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT EAN: 0024543401797 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 09, 2007 Running Time: 87 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Sales Rank: 491 MPN: 2240179
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
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Absolutely hillarious...
I have to admit that I am a fan of distopian comedies, and this one did not disappoint me. As others have noted however, it hits a bit close to home - I too doubt that it would take 500 years for ... Read More
Rating: - Great Idea, Bad Implementation
Great idea for a movie, but bad implementation.
When I was first told about this movie and read up on it I had really high hopes for it. The plot line and idea behind it is someone from today ... Read More
Rating: - No laughs
This movie may be amusing to the idiots it scornfully satirizes, but to most people, it is a giant bore. The social commentary is too heavyhanded and tedious. The action is silly and low-budget. Why does every ... Read More
Rating: - It's got electrolytes
Wow!
Great movie.
This is the greatest horror movie I have ever watched in my life. It shows that nightmares can become real. All you have to do is to open the eyes to what is around you. It ... Read More
Rating: - idiocracy
this is the best movie ever y u ask? because it has electrolights,and cause "i like money" where else can u grow crops w/ toilet water? must own its a quoters movie. funnier than old skool now leave me alone "i'm ... Read More
- Absolutely hillarious...
- Great Idea, Bad Implementation
- No laughs