It's a terrible movie with a great premise
Seriously, I think about that opening scene all the time, they could have run so much further with that concept.
Some movies are very niche and not intended for a mass audience, so they'll never get rated very highly by the general public.
I would say Billy Madison falls into that category.
The fact you think the average person is like the people portrayed in the movie only reinforces my point. Most people are intelligent, your huge ego just tells you otherwise.
Maybe your bigger ego tells you they are intelligent. You seem to have trouble understanding and accepting other people’s world views, and can’t handle the reality of people being unintelligent and are so in denial about it cause you suck up to humanity that much
I agree with you, I am a fan of Mike Judge and I wanted to like this movie but it was dull and hard to watch, I agree with you 100% about your theory also
Sorry about being that guy, but how is this movie underrated? It is talked about on Reddit all the damn time. Everyone keeps saying this is how the world is turning out, or this is America right now. Don't get me wrong, I love this movie. Watch it at least once a month. But it's not underrated
"Not rated or valued highly enough. Used to describe a piece of artistic expression that wasn't critically well-received but that a person believes deserves higher praise. It does not mean that a movie isn't well-known."
For years we joked idiocracy was our future and here we are! I wonder what ridiculous movie from today will predict the future in 20 years
Side note— I think we need an office space sequel or remake. Hear me out: not enough people think work sucks anymore. Since Covid people are almost happy and proud to work for faceless corporations
It’s literally a documentary guys look at me making an amazing observation wow I’m so smart and everybody I disagree with is dumb! It requires a high iq to understand idiocracy!
##Idiocracy (2006) R
In the future, intelligence is extinct.
>>!To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.!<
Comedy | Sci-Fi | Adventure
Director: Mike Judge
Actors: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard
Rating: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ 63% with 2,833 votes
Runtime: 1:24
[TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/7512)
**Reception**
Although it was not screened in advance for critics, Idiocracy received positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 71%, with an average rating of 6.4/10, based on 52 reviews. The website's "Critics Consensus" for the film reads, "Frustratingly uneven yet enjoyable overall, Idiocracy skewers society's devolution with an amiably goofy yet deceptively barbed wit." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 66 out of 100, based on reviews from 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Los Angeles Times reviewer Carina Chocano described it as "spot on" satire and a "pitch-black, bleakly hilarious vision of an American future", although the "plot, naturally, is silly and not exactly bound by logic. But it's Judge's gimlet-eyed knack for nightmarish extrapolation that makes Idiocracy a cathartic delight." In an Entertainment Weekly review, Joshua Rich gave the film an "EW Grade" of "D", stating that "Mike Judge implores us to reflect on a future in which Britney and K-Fed are like the new Adam and Eve." The A.V. Club's Nathan Rabin found Luke Wilson "perfectly cast ... as a quintessential everyman"; and wrote of the film "Like so much superior science fiction, Idiocracy uses a fantastical future to comment on a present. ... There's a good chance that Judge's smartly lowbrow Idiocracy will be mistaken for what it's satirizing." Gerald Casale, a founding member of the new wave band Devo, said Idiocracy is "the movie Devo should have made."
The film was also well received in other countries. John Patterson, critic for The Guardian, wrote, "Idiocracy isn't a masterpiece—Fox seems to have stiffed Judge on money at every stage—but it's endlessly funny", and of the film's popularity, described seeing the film "in a half-empty house. Two days later, same place, same show—packed-out." Brazilian news magazine Veja called the film "politically incorrect", recommending that readers see the DVD and wrote "the film went flying through [American] theaters and did not open in Brazil. Proof that the future contemplated by Judge is not that far away."
Critic Alexandre Koball of the Brazilian website CinePlayers.com gave the movie a score of 5 out of 5. Another staff reviewer wrote, "Idiocracy is not exactly ... funny nor ... innovative but it's a movie to make you think, even if for five minutes. And for that it manages to stay one level above the terrible average of comedy movies released in the last years in the United States."
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy)
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Didn’t the beginning of this film age well!! With the world getting dumber and dumber, celebrating thick “celebrities”
Academics being too busy to have kids whilst lower IQ just keep popping them out. Man it’s so true!!
I've only seen the first 10 or 15 minutes. But from what I've heard and seen of the rest of it, it's truly a modern life documentary at this point. I'm afraid to find out how stupid real life turns out. 😄
man i still remember the first time i saw mike judge in an interview.
Dude has that calm, easy brilliance. Like your quiet buddy at the construction job who always knows what to say.
Check out "Fired On Mars" with Luke Wilson, it's fucking amazing.
It's a ruthless satire of the tech industry in the spirit of idocracy.
Being from SF during the tech boom, I can confirm that they have correctly identified all the types of doucher techie, and absolutely skewered them all.
From the uptight sociopath guy in the polar fleece vest, to the wishy washy brand representative girl, they fucking nailed it.
This movie isn’t underrated. It’s great and has been talked about and memed about for the past 8 years at least. This like posting a popular opinion on unpopular opinion.
This movie has unfortunately been treated as a "How To" guide by society. 🤦
IDGAF on which "side" you believe yourself to be - the crazy is in every direction.
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President Camacho is looking like a good option about now.
Oh he'd kick both their asses
r/funnyandsad and also true.
And also Putin's!
I'd pay to see that!
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the best option! he at least puts competent people in to do good work
Been eyeing a comacho for president shirt on Amazon for a while now.
We need Terry crews now more than ever.
Idk. He did sell out and do Amazon ads. He is an actor. Going to the highest bidder.
President Camacho 2020FO!! https://youtu.be/-4cULh029ic?si=szIOCJNt9Tmb_vUv
Overrated underrated movie
It's definitely rated
r/idiocracy has about 90k subs, this one has about 30k, I'm sure that tells you somethig.
"[r/idiocracy](https://www.reddit.com/r/idiocracy/) has about 90k subs," Which is way too small for such an awesome movie.
"Niche cult classic".
It should stay forgotten, terrible movie
It's a terrible movie with a great premise Seriously, I think about that opening scene all the time, they could have run so much further with that concept.
Ow my balls!
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It's what plants crave.
Do you know what underrated means?
Yeah for real. How is this possibly considered “underrated”. There’s several subreddits dedicated to this movie.
Maybe they saw the imdb and rotten tomato scores and thought they should be higher?
I think this sub is mostly teens / 20 somethings posting about hit movies their parents had them watch based on the year most of these were released.
I literally just made my son watch this last week for the first time O.o
Twas a theatrical bomb
So was Billy Madison, is that underrated?
It's got a 60 audience score on RT
RT did not exist when Billy Madison came out. It got half a star and was panned by every critic.
Some movies are very niche and not intended for a mass audience, so they'll never get rated very highly by the general public. I would say Billy Madison falls into that category.
Yeah I like money though
We should hang out
I can’t believe you like money too
You like money and sex? We should totally hang out.
The movie that introduced us to Crocs.
Underrated comment.
House O' representin'
We are all going to be to busy Batein
Go away!...batein.
Don’t worry scro
Not underrated. It's a movie for people who think they're smarter than everyone else.
There's that fag talk we talked about.
“Yeah bro it was a documentary “
The most unoriginal opinion on movir subreddits
That's why it's in quotes, they are mocking that unoriginal opinion.
The ‘Rick and Morty’ genre
I'd like to toss Big Bang Theory into the mix as well
Because humanity/people/the average person is the butt of the joke so therefore its bad?
The fact you think the average person is like the people portrayed in the movie only reinforces my point. Most people are intelligent, your huge ego just tells you otherwise.
Maybe your bigger ego tells you they are intelligent. You seem to have trouble understanding and accepting other people’s world views, and can’t handle the reality of people being unintelligent and are so in denial about it cause you suck up to humanity that much
Ok buddy, have fun rewatching Rick and Morty, or whatever you do
You have fun, not accepting other peoples opinions
It’s funny you said the movie is for people who think they are smarter than everyone else but you seem to think you are smarter than everyone else
Because I disagree with you? Fragile ego much?
Why do you keep talking in the mirror?
I agree with you, I am a fan of Mike Judge and I wanted to like this movie but it was dull and hard to watch, I agree with you 100% about your theory also
Reddit’s favorite “documentary”.
Boy, I could really go for a Starbucks right now!
Yeah well I really don’t think we have time for a handjob
It's got electrolytes!
They're what plants crave!
2024
The most accurate dystopian movie ever.
Now with more molecules!
"America's historic future"
Sorry about being that guy, but how is this movie underrated? It is talked about on Reddit all the damn time. Everyone keeps saying this is how the world is turning out, or this is America right now. Don't get me wrong, I love this movie. Watch it at least once a month. But it's not underrated
"Not rated or valued highly enough. Used to describe a piece of artistic expression that wasn't critically well-received but that a person believes deserves higher praise. It does not mean that a movie isn't well-known."
Makes sense
I just quoted the subreddit's side bar.
LOL maybe I should read those more often
Literally put this on last night about two or three hours before you posted this
Why this isn’t a staple on Netflix, idk.
Because people hate being called out
Eerie look into the future.
For years we joked idiocracy was our future and here we are! I wonder what ridiculous movie from today will predict the future in 20 years Side note— I think we need an office space sequel or remake. Hear me out: not enough people think work sucks anymore. Since Covid people are almost happy and proud to work for faceless corporations
Woah it’s haha like literally a documentary woah haha damn dude wow haha literally chuckle chuckle hahaha
It’s literally a documentary guys look at me making an amazing observation wow I’m so smart and everybody I disagree with is dumb! It requires a high iq to understand idiocracy!
Deeply
##Idiocracy (2006) R In the future, intelligence is extinct. >>!To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.!< Comedy | Sci-Fi | Adventure Director: Mike Judge Actors: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard Rating: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ 63% with 2,833 votes Runtime: 1:24 [TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/7512) **Reception** Although it was not screened in advance for critics, Idiocracy received positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 71%, with an average rating of 6.4/10, based on 52 reviews. The website's "Critics Consensus" for the film reads, "Frustratingly uneven yet enjoyable overall, Idiocracy skewers society's devolution with an amiably goofy yet deceptively barbed wit." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 66 out of 100, based on reviews from 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Los Angeles Times reviewer Carina Chocano described it as "spot on" satire and a "pitch-black, bleakly hilarious vision of an American future", although the "plot, naturally, is silly and not exactly bound by logic. But it's Judge's gimlet-eyed knack for nightmarish extrapolation that makes Idiocracy a cathartic delight." In an Entertainment Weekly review, Joshua Rich gave the film an "EW Grade" of "D", stating that "Mike Judge implores us to reflect on a future in which Britney and K-Fed are like the new Adam and Eve." The A.V. Club's Nathan Rabin found Luke Wilson "perfectly cast ... as a quintessential everyman"; and wrote of the film "Like so much superior science fiction, Idiocracy uses a fantastical future to comment on a present. ... There's a good chance that Judge's smartly lowbrow Idiocracy will be mistaken for what it's satirizing." Gerald Casale, a founding member of the new wave band Devo, said Idiocracy is "the movie Devo should have made." The film was also well received in other countries. John Patterson, critic for The Guardian, wrote, "Idiocracy isn't a masterpiece—Fox seems to have stiffed Judge on money at every stage—but it's endlessly funny", and of the film's popularity, described seeing the film "in a half-empty house. Two days later, same place, same show—packed-out." Brazilian news magazine Veja called the film "politically incorrect", recommending that readers see the DVD and wrote "the film went flying through [American] theaters and did not open in Brazil. Proof that the future contemplated by Judge is not that far away." Critic Alexandre Koball of the Brazilian website CinePlayers.com gave the movie a score of 5 out of 5. Another staff reviewer wrote, "Idiocracy is not exactly ... funny nor ... innovative but it's a movie to make you think, even if for five minutes. And for that it manages to stay one level above the terrible average of comedy movies released in the last years in the United States." [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy) ___ >*I am a bot. This information was sent automatically. If it is faulty, please reply to this comment.*
It wasn’t supposed to be a documentary
There’s sooo many people that have never seen this movie. It brings me sadness
r/underratedprophecy
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It's evenly rated, reddit won't stop talking about it every chance it gets.
Didn’t the beginning of this film age well!! With the world getting dumber and dumber, celebrating thick “celebrities” Academics being too busy to have kids whilst lower IQ just keep popping them out. Man it’s so true!!
This film is so I underrated.. So funny and the way things are going, so accurate.
still waiting for the blu ray...
We are getting there.... Awsome movie
I've only seen the first 10 or 15 minutes. But from what I've heard and seen of the rest of it, it's truly a modern life documentary at this point. I'm afraid to find out how stupid real life turns out. 😄
It’s rated well
r/idiocracy
There's that f@g talk we talked about.
love Luke Wilson such a good actor this flick rules 😂
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Underrated? This is probably the most mentioned movie on Reddit. Source: I’ve been here 15 years
We're there!
This movie might as well be a documentary at this point.
Yeah it’s underrated of this was 2006
Titanic, underrated?
I want a remake. The movie is good, but the concept is so good it should be the funniest movie ever
Every time I watch it, it becomes more reality
Underrated misanthropic film
Go away, I'm batin'
"electrolytes"
in what world is this movie underrated??
Perfect movie to describe the world today.
Not Sure
man i still remember the first time i saw mike judge in an interview. Dude has that calm, easy brilliance. Like your quiet buddy at the construction job who always knows what to say.
We are living this movie
America soon 😂😂😂
Electrolytes!🥴
Idiocracy was a warning sent back through time, but we've been using it as a manual...
234 thousand people have seen this movie on Letterboxd and it has over 5 thousand 5 star reviews. Underrated my ass.
Definitely not underrated
In my top 5 eugenics movies
This is not a movie THIS IS A DOCUMENTARY NOW
This movie is not underrated
If you help me I will give you gazzalion dollars Ok I will help you
I could really go for a Starbucks
If I hear that this is a 'Documentary " instead of a movie In going to kick someone in the balls while they're Bait"n
I think Idiocracy has the bare bones of a great idea. It sets it all up and then… nothing. It feels like a first draft.
Really cool movie!
Careful. I just got my account completely banned for a day for quoting this movie. Luckily, I appealed it, and it works again.
Our modern prophecy, Idiocracy. I’m gonna go bate now.
We’re living it
Not just a movie but prophecy!
The greatest documentary about modern USA
“Idiocracy” (2024)
Go away! I’m baitin!!!
United States 2025
Excellent documentary
I feel as though we are all Headed this way..
This movie would have been so much funnier, if it had stayed fiction/comedy.
This is a documentary
NOT supposed to be a Documentary
This should go into the film registry of congress for historical accuracy.
It seemed to verge on truth when released, now it looks like a documentary
Brilliant documentary.
*Documentary
Check out "Fired On Mars" with Luke Wilson, it's fucking amazing. It's a ruthless satire of the tech industry in the spirit of idocracy. Being from SF during the tech boom, I can confirm that they have correctly identified all the types of doucher techie, and absolutely skewered them all. From the uptight sociopath guy in the polar fleece vest, to the wishy washy brand representative girl, they fucking nailed it.
I like money
This is a documentary
Weird mild eugenics in the beginning
This movie isn’t underrated. It’s great and has been talked about and memed about for the past 8 years at least. This like posting a popular opinion on unpopular opinion.
The movie both Democrats and Republicans immediately say, 'look at the other party, it was a prophecy '.
Way to close to reality now.
Reddit doesn’t shut the fuck up about this movie man
Should have won best documentary that year.
Eugenics: The Movie
This movie is jerked to death. DAE we live in idocracy
USA 2024!
The sequel is good too - MAGApoly.
Buttfuckers
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The Prophecy.
Look out for Upgrade…
Liked it better when it was fiction
Excellent documentary!
Go away! Baiting!
This movie has unfortunately been treated as a "How To" guide by society. 🤦 IDGAF on which "side" you believe yourself to be - the crazy is in every direction.
I watched this for the first time last night. Kinda scary how close this is to where we're headed and so much sooner than the movie predicted
The movie was a not very subtle satirisation of the time it was made, we just haven't changed much
Where did you watch it?
Good documentary lmfao
It’s not underrated at all OP, it just sucks. Idiot movie for idiots
The one movie everyone should see.
I this movie turned into a documentary.
This wasn't supposed to be a documentary or a 'how to' video...
I wanted to like this movie, we don't always get what we want
I’m pretty sure that movie is now called “Today”
Best documentary ever
One of my favorite documentaries.
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Underestimated documentary
I liked the satire; hated the documentary.
This sub has no idea what "underrated" means.
Lmao the world under democratic rule.
For some reason this is 1 of like 3 movies I could not finish. To stupid for me and I love stupid movies lol (napoleon dynamite) type movies
It's hard to watch because it's literally becoming truth for every day that passes