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Idiocracy

The Pentagon selects Army soldier and average American Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) as its guinea pig for a top-secret program. Zapped 1,000 years into the future, Bowers encounters a society in which he's easily the smartest person around.

THE BUZZ: Seven years later comes Judge's follow-up to Office Space, and he and his longtime co-writer Etan Cohen have come up with one of the best-reviewed comedy scripts we've seen in a while. Targeting different aspects of American culture, we understand they've left no stone unturned in their depiction of an average man who encounters a society so dumbed down and lethargic that he qualifies as a genius. And while it sounds a bit more esoteric than his skewering of life in the cubicle farm, Judge just might find support where he least expects it -- among critics.

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