Another one of them movie that tell us just how dumb the majority are. Like all stories in this vein it comes across half good story ideas and half personal rant. These movies (especially in these days of conspiracy) always find an audience of people who feel they are those awakened or smart individuals themselves. It becomes a personal movie and social commentary. These sci-fi movie tend to focus on the subject of personal intelligence (a reflection of the writer's frustration) rather than all aspects of society and a bigger picture. 1984 maybe being an exemption. It gets called a 'thinking person's movie' a lot on imdb. I find this this statement may be a bit of self projection for some viewers who feel like the characters in the movie. Mayne verging on intellectual pretentiousness, yet I do understand people's frustrations.

For me it's a sci-fi movie. I understand the social commentary but I've come to the conclusion in real life that it's not so much governments who are always the bad guys doing the dumbing down but people themselves willing to take the easy route because of human nature itself.
The movie itself is good. It's not too ranting and it's got some humour in it. The message gets a little tiring and the story could have done with some interesting turn of events.