Idiocracy Re-Review: When Morons Just Wanted to Have Fun

Think we're living in this movie now? You wish!

The following review is by request of annual subscriber Matthew King, and available to read in full for all levels of paid subscription. As a reminder, annual subscribers may commission one review from me of any movie that is accessible to me, whether it's new, old, or even something I've reviewed before. [Note: subscriber bonus reviews are NOT eligible for Rotten Tomatoes linkage.] In the case of Idiocracy, I reviewed it when it initially came out, but a lot has changed since 2006.

It's become common in many corners to say that Idiocracy, the Mike Judge satire about a regular guy (Luke Wilson) awakening from suspended animation into a future in which everybody is stupid, is the first comedy to end up becoming a documentary, but I don't think that's accurate. I actually wish it were. Idiocracy began as a comedy, became reality, and has now become aspirational.