Idiocracy is a American science fiction comedy film directed by Mike Judge , who co-wrote it with Etan Cohen. Starring Luke Wilson , Maya Rudolph and Dax Shepard , it tells the story of Joe Bauers Wilson , an American soldier who takes part in a classified military human hibernation experiment, only to accidentally awaken years later in a dystopian society, in which commercialism has run rampant, and mankind has embraced anti-intellectualism and is devoid of intellectual curiosity , social responsibility , and coherent notions of justice and human rights.
The film was not screened for critics, and distributor 20th Century Fox was accused of abandoning the film. In , Corporal Joe Bauers, a United States Army librarian, is selected for a suspended animation experiment due to him being "the most" average individual in the US Army.
Lacking a suitable female candidate within the armed forces, they hire Rita, a prostitute whose pimp "Upgrayedd" has been bribed to allow her to take part. The experiment is forgotten when the officer in charge is arrested for having started his own prostitution ring under Upgrayedd's tutelage. Over the next five centuries, the expectations of 21st-century society lead to the most intelligent humans choosing not to have children, while the least intelligent reproduce prolifically , which creates generations that collectively become increasingly dumber and more virile with each passing century.
In , Joe and Rita's suspension chambers are unearthed by the collapse of a mountain-sized garbage pile, and Joe's suspension chamber crashes into the apartment of Frito Pendejo, who releases him. The former Washington, D. The human population has become morbidly stupid, speaks only low registers of English competently, and is profoundly anti-intellectual , with individuals being named after corporate products. Suspecting hallucination, Joe enters a hospital, where he is incompetently diagnosed, and comes to realize what has happened to him and to society.
He is arrested for not having a bar code tattoo to pay for his doctor's appointment, and after being assigned the grossly incompetent Frito as his lawyer, he is sent to prison. Rita returns to her former profession. Joe is renamed "Not Sure" by a "stupid" speech-recognition tattooing machine. He takes an IQ test and is assessed as the smartest person alive. He then tricks the entrance guard by telling him that he was in the wrong line and he should be getting out instead.
