Experimenter Poster

Experimenter (2015)

PG-13 10/16/2015 Drama, History 1h 37m
65%
User
Score
6.6/10
85%
81/100

Illusion sets the stage. Deception reveals the truth.

Overview

Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his pleads for mercy, the majority of subjects don’t stop the experiment, administering what they think is a near-fatal electric shock, simply because they’ve been told to do so. With Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial airing in living rooms across America, Milgram strikes a nerve in popular culture and the scientific community with his exploration into people’s tendency to comply with authority. Celebrated in some circles, he is also accused of being a deceptive, manipulative monster, but his wife Sasha stands by him through it all.

Michael Almereyda

Director

Top Billed Cast

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

Stanley Milgram

Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder

Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram

Jim Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan

James McDonough

Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini

Paul Hollander

John Palladino

John Palladino

John Williams

Kellan Lutz

Kellan Lutz

William Shatner

Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Haysbert

Ossie Davis

Danny A. Abeckaser

Danny A. Abeckaser

Braverman

Taryn Manning

Taryn Manning

Mrs. Lowe

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Media

Experimenter - Official Trailer

Experimenter - Official Trailer

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Reviews

A review by Reno

Written on May 23, 2016

> A tale of the man who gave a breakthrough in the human psychology.

A movie about the experiments on the human behaviour and for us, there's nothing in it but to study those characters along. This is more a documentary than the cheerful characters and the story with a twist. So forget it if you are looking for an entertainment film.

Based on the true story of an American social psychologist Stanley Milgram. The film narrates the story of his controversial experiments and personal life that takes us back to the 60s. Not all the discoveries were accepted in its first revelation. Sometimes it takes time to realise its benefits like perhaps this one.

The film was boring because it was a drama about an important turning point in the human psychology. So all the major parts of the stor...

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