Idiocracy (2006)
- Directed by
- Mike Judge
- Genre
- comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy, dystopian film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 3,635 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A librarian and a prostitute are frozen in a government experiment and wake up 500 years later. They find a future where society has become stupid and anti-intellectual. The film is a comedy that makes fun of consumerism and corporate power.
satiricalbleakabsurdwryfarcicalcautionarylowbrow
What happens
Idiocracy is a 2006 American science fiction comedy film directed and produced by Mike Judge, who co-wrote with Etan Cohen. The plot follows United States Army librarian Joe Bauers and prostitute Rita, who undergo a government hibernation experiment and awake five hundred years later in a devolved dystopian anti-intellectual society. The cast includes Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, David Herman, Justin Long, Andrew Wilson, and Brad Jordan. The concept of Idiocracy dates back to a concept Judge envisioned in 1996. In 2001, Judge finished a script with the working title '3001', and rewrote the film a year later. Filming took place throughout 2004 at Austin Studios and other cities in Texas. Idiocracy serves as a social satire that touches on issues including anti-intellectualism, commercialism, consumerism, dysgenics, voluntary childlessness, and overpopulation. 20th Century Fox was hesitant to promote the film, refused to grant it a wide release, and did not screen it for critics. The decision not to market Idiocracy was seen as unexpected, following the success of Office Space (1999). According to Crews, the film's satirical depiction of corporations made the film financially unviable, while Judge attributed 20th Century Fox's decision to negative test screenings; Judge stated that 20th Century Fox believed that the film would develop a cult following through its DVD release, similar to Office Space. The film was released in the United States on September 1, 2006. Due to its lack of a major theatrical release, it resulted in a $495,000 box-office gross. The film received positive reviews from critics and has since become a cult film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Lifted (2006)
The Girl from Monday (2005)
Brazil (1985)
Think Tank (2006)
Harrison Bergeron (2006)
Last Holiday (2006)
The Girl Who Shagged Me (2005)
I'll Believe You (2006)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.