Idiocracy (2006)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:28
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Idiocracy delivers the hilarity and biting satire that could only come from Mike Judge.
Synopsis: Writer-director Mike Judge's ("Office Space") unique brand of social observational humor this time examines an average guy (Luke Wilson) who volunteers to be the subject of a hibernation experiment... [More]
Reviews for Idiocracy
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 8/10 |
Even if some of the gags about dumb people start becoming tiresome, it's linked to a sensation of discomfort that should make us legitimately worry about the direction we're headed in. Full Review |
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So-so attempt at revisiting Sleeper. Unfortunately Mike Judge is no Woody Allen, nor is Woody Allen himself nowadays. Full Review |
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B |
You have to love a movie that imagines a dystopic future in which the U.S. President is a former wrestler and porn star named Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. Full Review |
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4/5 |
I look forward to a time when I can safely laugh at Idiocracy, but that time may not come any time soon. Full Review |
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3/4 |
It's a movie now, but in ten years it will be a historical documentary... Full Review |
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4/5 |
Idiocracy is an unabashedly elitist film that includes fart jokes. Full Review |
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B- |
An intermittently amusing -- and sometimes lazy -- satire that plays like a so-so episode of Futurama. Full Review |
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Idiocracy’s utter lack of promotion is now something of a minor legend, and it remains perplexing given the film’s obvious charms. Full Review |
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4/4 |
A cautionary, sci-fi comedy which envisions a miserable dystopia half a millenia in the future where humanity has degenerated instead of advanced. Full Review |
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 2.5/5 |
We may look back at this film in 500 years and realize that Mike Judge was better able to predict the future than Arthur C. Clarke did with 2001: A Space Odyssey. Full Review |
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8/10 |
Forget the fact that you've never heard of this movie. It's one of the funniest movies of 2006. Full Review |
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3/4 |
...seems more like 'Selected Scenes from 'Idiocracy'' than it does an actual film. Still, there are some genuine laughs to be had here, and Judge's vision of a future dominated entirely by morons is memorably bizarre. Full Review |
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[E]ven more trenchant, more damning, more -- hell, I'll say it -- revolutionary than Office Space. Full Review |
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0.5/5 |
The film stinks. Full Review |
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3/4 |
By refusing to distance itself from its targets, Mike Judge's brand of satire risks being mistaken for what it's satirizing. Full Review |
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7/10 |
Trust me, it’s a blast! Full Review |
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2/5 |
A curiosa premissa rende algumas boas piadas, mas, depois de algum tempo, estas acabam se tornando repetitivas e a narrativa perde o ritmo. Full Review |
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B |
Even if the film contains the single biggest laugh I've had this year at the movies, Idiocracy is a terribly muddled affair. Full Review |
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The movie is bracing for its bile but ultimately more frustrating than funny. Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Idiocracy
August 31, 2006:
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This week at the movies, we've got hoopsters with big dreams ("Crossover," starring Anthony Mackie), scary goings-on on remote islands ("The Wicker Man,"... More...
August 30, 2006:
"Crank," Wicker Man," "Idiocracy" Won't Be Screened For Critics -- Guess The Tomatometer!
The studios have been hiding movies from those pesky scribes all year long, but this time they've outdone themselves. This week, three movies won't be screened before getting... More...
July 26, 2006:
The setting has changed but Judge's keen satirical sensibilities remain the same. 
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