To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-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.
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Luke Wilson
Joe Bauers
Maya Rudolph
Rita
Dax Shepard
Frito
Terry Crews
President Camacho
Anthony 'Citric' Campos
Secretary of Defense
David Herman
Secretary of State
Sonny Castillo
Prosecutor
Kevin McAfee
Bailiff
Robert Musgrave
Sgt. Keller
Michael McCafferty
Officer Collins
Director
Mike Judge
Screenplay
Etan Cohen
Tagline
"In the future, intelligence is extinct."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$30,000,000
Revenue
$495,303
Production
20th Century Fox, Ternion Pictures
Sampson
January 1, 2026
**A dumb, smart movie or a smart, dumb movie?** This movie has become a cult classic on online forums as reddit users discuss the state of the world. I came into this movie with hopes that it would be a prescient foretelling of the state of the world and the death of intellectual curiosity. While I was hooked by the premise of a society getting dumber over time, I feel they ultimately exhausted m...
AlfaVitaY2K
June 12, 2026
In 2006 - Implausible satire. In 2026 - Realistic documentary. Mike Judge’s 2006 film Idiocracy has shifted from an outrageous, dystopian satire into an eerily accurate reflection of modern society. What was originally an exaggerated projection of the implausible future has become a relatable reality in just two decades. The premise of Idiocracy is that high IQ people stopped reproducing,...
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