About six months ago, I stumbled across one of those comedy’s that don’t come around too often and when they do, you have no choice but to watch it. The name of this clever comedy is “Idiocracy” and it is written and directed by none other than comedic genius, Mike Judge. In case you don’t know, Mike Judge is the genius that thought of the masterpiece, “Office Space”, as well as the controversial TV show, “Beavis and Butt-head”. As usual, Judge has wowed audiences as he has given us a movie that shows how stupid our society is becoming.

The movie starts off in present day and we meet Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson), who has just been asked by the Army to participate in an experiment where they will freeze him for a year. Due to his average IQ and overall “Average Joe” personality, Bauers is the perfect choice for this experiment because he simply doesn’t matter. Rita (Maya Rudolph) is a prostitute, who owing the “pimp hand” some moolah, decides to participate in the same experiment so she can pay her PIMP, Upgrayedd. However, before either them really realize they’re in way over their heads, their time capsules are shut, and they awaken roughly 500 years into the future.

Naturally, their time capsules open after a beer bottle causes a giant trash avalanche. After multiple mishaps and humorous situations, involving a hospital and a court of law, Joe ends up in prison. On his way into prison he escapes by telling the guard that he’s in the wrong line. Running from the law, Joe quickly finds a friend in Frito (Dax Shepard), his former defense attorney who aided in his prosecution. Joe trying to get back to his own time asks Frito if there is a Time Machine and Frito says “yes”. During Joe’s quest to the Time Machine (located in a huge Costco), he becomes a U.S. Cabinet member for he has been deemed “The Smartest Man in the Entire World”. He quickly blames our failing agriculture on the fact that water has been replaced by BRAWNDO: Thirst Mutilator because “it has electrolytes” and “that’s what plants crave”. After convincing everyone that plants need water and not electrolytes, Joe is proclaimed a hero and becomes the President. Eventually, Joe did make it to the Costco and found the Time Machine, only to discover that it was an amusement park ride.

“Idiocracy” illustrates that over the few hundred years our society will become completely dumbed down. In Judge’s futuristic comedy, people have lost the ability to use the english language, the #1 show is “Ow! My Balls!”, and everyones diet includes BRAWNDO. (Does it sound that far fetched?) Adding to the overall stupidity, all citizens have a barcode to identify themselves as well as pay for things. Adding insult to injury, former heavyweight champion of the World, President Camacho is in charge of the Free World. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not the greatest movie ever, but it’s damn funny. Judge does a brilliant job showing us what the future may hold for society if corrective measures aren’t taken. I strongly recommend that you sit your arse down and check out this flick. I give it 3½ stars of David.