Idiocracy

Or, “Brave New Stupid World,” as the “devolved” human race of Mike Judge’s sci-fi satire recalls the “Epsilon-minus Semi-Morons” of Aldous Huxley’s dystopian future. Corporal Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson), a none too bright U.S. Army librarian, and Rita (Maya Rudolph), a passably charming lady of the night, are selected for a suspended animation program that is left forgotten after the supervising officer is arrested for starting his own prostitution business; 500 years later, the test subjects are accidentally awakened in an America where the average I.Q. has dropped to somewhere in the lower twenties – making Bauers the “smartest man on Earth.” As the strangers in this simpleminded land search for a way to return to their own time, Bauers is elected Secretary of the Interior by President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho (Terry Crews), who charges him with fixing tha nation’s food shortages, dust bowls and ruined economy within one week’s time – a task that seems less daunting after our hero discovers that the nation’s crops are being irrigated with a sports drink called “Brawndo.” “Idiocracy” evolved from being a potentially forgotten chapter in the career of the creator of “Beavis and Butt-head” due to endless release date delays and lack of proper marketing to become something of a cult classic, one that is now often referred to whenever one of our own present-day politicians does or says something … well, dumb. – IFC Staff