Idiocracy...

There is a theory that people of higher intelligence tend to be unhappy. This is due to the fact that they are generally surrounded by people that they can't communicate with. They do, for all intents and purposes, speak different languages. This is why groups like MENSA have to be formed. Whereas people of lower intelligence can congregate anywhere (the mall) and talk about anything (sex).

Idiocracy is about a two people of average intelligence in 2005. They get put in a government hibernation program that is only supposed to last a year. Through a series of events, it lasts 500 years. When they wake up, they are the smartest people on the planet.

This movie didn't really do it for me. It wasn't subtle enough in its satire for me. It wanted to keep hitting us with "Wow! Look how incredibly stupid the world got! Am I right, fellas!" After a while, that wore thin. It also didn't spend enough time showing how the world got stupid. It made veiled jabs at the media saturating us with unimportant details while the big issues got swept aside. It started out strong by mentioning that we spent more time on hair restoration than curing cancer. But it didn't sink it's teeth in. This is perfect fodder for a biting, mean spirited attack on Western civilization! The fact that our protagonist comes across as only marginally smarter than the people he is surrounded by doesn't help. It doesn't sell the concept.

They also rushed it. They could have spent a lot more time developing characters, or just adding more dialogue to scenes instead of narrating over them.

I don't recommend this movie. It's got some laugh out loud bits in it, but there are better comedies for that. It makes some valid points, but there are better satires. Overall, it just didn't work.