After U.S. President Trump’s recent cognitive test for dementia, the accompanying results (he ‘aced it’), and former Vice President Joe Biden’s lack of a test, the consequent furor got me thinking about exams and quizzes in the movies.
Motion pictures where natural aptitude goes against officialdom (Gattaca) and even the gifted/privileged resort to cheating (Quiz Show). 2006 and 1994 were particularly good years for these kind of films.
I know not why.
IDIOCRACY (2006)
IQ TEST: Particularly appropriate:
“If you have one bucket that contains 2 gallons and another bucket that contains 7 gallons, how many buckets do you have?” – IPAA Machine
Also…
The Thinning (2016)
Exam (2009)
The History Boys (2006)
Your Starter for Ten (2006)
Severance (2006)
Gattaca (1997)
Quiz Show (1994)
IQ (1994)
The Parallax View (1974)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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And in TV – the classic Seinfeld IQ test (see also Frasier, The Simpsons):
They’re also plethora of movies where the protagonist suddenly gets super-smart; submitted for your approval:
- The Bourne Legacy (2012)
- Limitless (2011)
- No Flowers for Algernon (2000)
- Molly (1999)
- The Lawnmower Man (1992)
- The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
- Charly (1968)
And stupidity of course, mistaken for profundity…
Being There (1979):
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