Oh my god, this film is so accurate it hurts! Grossly caricaturized and exaggerated, but the message is all too real, serious and valid. Half way through I stopped laughing and started feeling horror. Brave man indeed, this director.
This film is awful - I lasted 25 minutes then could not stand it any more.
It is simply NOT FUNNY at all. Not at all. Silly sketches from unfunny US TV comedy shows rehashed.
If you like that, you'll like this but I HATED it.
No stars. Avoid if you have a brain and appreciate decent comedy. This is not that.
I'm a massive fan of Mike Judge's 'Office Space' and waited with excitement to see what he would come up with next, though unfortunately 'Idiocracy' is a huge disappointment. As you would expect from Judge the storyline is smartly written and cleverly looks at how the world has ended up 500 years from now, when over time everything has been dumbed down so much humanity has become a race of morons. There is some brilliant satire, clever dialogue and sight gags though the film is completely let down by a tiny $2 million budget, and shot on such a low-budget that it hampers the delivery of the story. The result is a cleverly written film which looks like a cheap B-movie with crummy sets, painted backdrops and a poor supporting cast. If you're a fan of Mike Judge then this is definitely something you'll want to see, though unless your a fan I would give it a miss.