Idiocracy (2006)

Note Générale:

6,4/10   

Réalisateur:

Mike Judge

Scénaristes (WGA):

Mike Judge (story)
Mike Judge (screenplay) ...

Date de sortie:

25 janvier 2007 (Allemagne)

Genre:

Aventure | Comedie | Science-Fiction

Accroche:

The Future Is A No Brainer

Intrigue:

Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes 500 years in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.

Plot Keywords:

Hibernation | Experiment | Future | Soldier | Prostitute

Récompenses:

1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

This is the beginning of a marketing mystery

Ensemble

Luke Wilson	...	Joe Bauers
Maya Rudolph	...	Rita
Dax Shepard	...	Frito
Terry Crews	...	President Camacho (as Terry Alan Crews)
Anthony 'Citric' Campos	...	Secretary of Defense
David Herman	...	Secretary of State
Sonny Castillo	...	Prosecutor
Kevin McAfee	...	Bailiff (as Kevin S. McAfee)
Robert Musgrave	...	Sgt. Keller
Michael McCafferty	...	Officer Collins (as Mike McCafferty)
Christopher Ryan	...	Hospital Technician
Justin Long	...	Doctor
Heath Jones	...	Cop #1
Eli Muñoz	...	Horny Guy
Patrick Fischler	...	Yuppie Husband

Autre(s) titre(s):

3001 (USA) (working title)
Untitled Mike Judge Comedy (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sex-related humor.

Durée:

84 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Classification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-13 | Germany:12 | USA:R (certificate #41505) | Argentina:13 | Italy:T | New Zealand:R13 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/12

Lieux de tournage:

Austin Convention Center - 500 E. Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, Texas, USA

Société:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Anecdotes:

The reference to Doctors Altschuler and Krinsky, who operate on jet ski-injured Clevon, is an homage to "King of the Hill" (1997) writers/producers John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky.

Goofs:

Continuité: When Joe is put to sleep in the hibernation pod he has IV tubes in his arms. When the pod opens again and he gets out there are no IV tubes.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Narrator: As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest, reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits of man...

Connexions:

Références American Pimp (1999)

Bande son:

Romantic Pieces, No. 1

This is the beginning of a marketing mystery

There's no other word for it...Fox dumped this out, with NO marketing of any kind. Nobody in the country, other than those who have been looking forward to this film, know anything about it. All the red flags have flown. It has to be a mess, it can't be anywhere near as good as Office Space, right? Wrong. Though Office Space it ain't, this film definitely has satirical bite and wit. It's a misfire on certain levels, but who's to blame is left to mystery.

Based on what is currently showing in theatres, I can say IDIOCRACY is a good movie. It's funny, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny. It's effective, sometimes ingenious. What it isn't as far as I can tell, is finished. We will see something come of this film again, whether it's an extended cut or reshoots. Alone it can be hilarious. It's ballsy at times.

Leaving the theatre, looking around at the mall, I was surrounded by advertisements and billboards, commercialism and stupidity. It's not quite as damning a dystopia as 1984, but this movie paints an ugly future for our culture. And there doesn't seem to be much anybody can do about it. Anyway, go see this if you can and try to find out what happened that it was so specifically buried.