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64 out of 100

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7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 98 Ratings

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  • Starring: Dax Shepard, Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph
  • Summary: Private Joe Bowers (Wilson), the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program, set 545 years in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    91
    There's a good chance that Judge's smartly lowbrow Idiocracy will be mistaken for what it's satirizing, but good satire always runs the risk -- of being misunderestimated.
  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Pete Vonder Haar
    80
    It elicits so many laughs, in fact, that you have to wonder just what Judge did to piss off the suits at Fox so much that they would willingly torpedo one of the only genuinely hilarious movies to come out this year.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    60
    A satire for its time. What Judge is less sure of here than in his previous, perfectly pitched live-action comedy "Office Space," is how to build a complete movie around his key ideas.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 62
  3. Negative: 6 out of 62
  1. MikeW
    10
    I'll still be discussing this film with my buddies 50 years down the road - I've never had any other film provoke so much thought about the direction of mankind and society as Idiocracy has. The irony of this film is amazingly well-hidden under a thick veil of fart jokes and anatomical references, intentionally hidden from the two audiences that it seeks to satirize: the snooty crowd that probably didn't make it through the first 30 minutes of the film (and likely rushed home to their computers so they could write some very negative reviews), and the mainstream crowd that was too busy laughing at "OW, my balls!" to notice that they're the heel of the humor. Mike Judge proves, once again, that he is the true spokesman for my generation.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. island
    5
    The main concept is great but the film itself is a total disaster. From the very first minute it appears that it's a low-budget comedy with an awful plot and a poor scenario. The jokes aren't funny and it is obvious that the script is not deliberate. They did not take into consideration a lot of things. Great idea but a worse movie.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. MortenH.
    3
    I agree with Variety. This movie has a lot of good ideas, but it goes out of steam. After a few minutes it gets very tiresome listening to people grunting and uttering words like ass and f*ck every ten seconds. A real shame - I love Office Space.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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