Idiocracy

This movie feels so current. It’s time for a remake—a more serious take on this story.

more relevant in 2025 than ever before

Absolute underappreciated and timeless genius. The ONLY downside of this film is the fact that the costume designer was told to find the most idiotic footwear for the future cast to wear, and after an extensive search, she stumbled upon a startup looking for a break in the market, so they struck a deal. The movie was supplied with unlimited footwear for the cast to wear in the film... And Crocs were forever forced onto the Global Public.

Thoughtful. Deep. Prophetic. Wonderful story.

This is definitely the path we're on. The movie turns it into comedy, but that's probably because we're already too dumb to appreciate a serious presentation.

the movie has a simple plot but a deeper meaning. the logic behind this ‘dumbening’ is straightforward and somewhat logical and really makes you think about humanity’s future. that being said, it’s a funny movie that’s meant to be taken lightheartedly, and enjoyed nonetheless.

Idiocracy takes a satirical snapshot of early 2000s America—one not too far removed from today—and projects a possible future where the world descends into stupidity. It warns that if Western civilization, with an emphasis on America, fails to apply itself as past generations did in building a better world, society could devolve into mindless, complacent chaos. Joe and Rita are average Americans from opposite sides of the tracks, both capable of doing better if they took control of their lives. But because they simply do what is easy and follow directions, they end up in a government program that cryogenically freezes them for 500 years. When they wake up, they find themselves in a future inhabited by a functional yet moronic population, where once-respected institutions and businesses have degenerated into crude, adult-oriented versions of themselves. The people are soulless, vulgar, impulsive, and ruled by emotion rather than thought. Needless to say, Joe and Rita have a lot to work through. But in the film’s lighthearted, sitcom-style fashion, they adapt, overcome, and end up riding high in a low IQ world, that is slowly getting better. The satire in Idiocracy feels almost too smart for its easygoing comedic tone. Yet, it works because it cuts close enough to home to make viewers uneasy about the future while still allowing them to laugh at the absurdity of of a dumbed-down, secular, brand-obsessed, society. Yikes! Ha, ha...ha ha? Gulp.

This film delves into a topic that has always preoccupied me: the difference in birth rates among different socioeconomic groups. However, the only drawback I see in this movie is that it is sort of outdated; being produced in 2006, never would they have imagined we'd have things like mobile phones which are impossible to get detached from and has completely zombied our youth and artificial intelligence that prevents people from thinking rationally and possesses the ability to create images that are undetectably fake. Anyhow, even though I reckon reality in the movie was magnified, we'll eventually end up living in an idiocracy, if we already aren't. Worth a watch.

A prescient movie, and as many put it, it's aged into more of a documentary.

This movie has aged so well it’s scary. Absolutely hilarious fun film. Short run time so it packs a punch full of laughs from beginning to end.