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Created Nov 15, 2008 04:02AM PST • Edited Nov 15, 2008 04:02AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Pretty Bad 1.5

   Remember those documentaries you used to watch back in high school? Well, add some sledgehammer to the head sarcasm in between narration and cheesy sound effects — and you have Idiocracy. Yes, we’ve all had those thoughts — the idiots procreate and the intelligencia wither away… This movie tells the story from the perspective of a person who wakes up from a bad experiment into the unbelievable future. Unfortunately, I found that although the story had a promising start – when it transformed to an actual non-documentary style it just became too tedious to watch.

4. Acting

   Barely OK 2.0

   Luke Wilson is recognizeable for the fact that he always seems to end up in these B-style laugh out loud flicks. So, as you’d expect, nothing special about the acting — other than they all held a straight-face.

5. Male Stars Barely OK 2.0

6. Female Stars Barely OK 2.0

7. Female Costars Barely OK 2.0

8. Male Costars Barely OK 2.0

10. Film

    Barely OK 2.0

    Filmed in sort of a Airplane-meets Beevis & Butthead meets Office space kind of style, there won’t be any subtlety about the humor - which if it weren’t for the sobering topic, would be perfect for tweens. Ok, I admit it, I laughed a few times.

11. Direction Barely OK 2.0

12. Play Barely OK 2.0

13. Music Barely OK 2.0

14. Visuals Barely OK 2.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Tame 1.5

    Pretty tame — except for some juvenile references to legal prostitution and a Neanderthal preoccupation with sex.

17. Sex Innocent 1.5

18. Violence Gentle 1.5

19. Rudeness Polite 1.5

21. Reality

    Supernatural 4.0

    Ummm…no, not believable in any stretch of the imagination.

22. Circumstantial Supernatural 4.0

23. Biological Supernatural 4.0

24. Physical Supernatural 4.0