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Experimenter

2015

Michael Almereyda

Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder, Taryn Manning, Kellan Lutz ...

6.0

2,966

Drama Experimenter is based on the true story of famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram, who in 1961 conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans willingness to obey by using electric shock. We follow Milgram, from meeting his wife Sasha through his controversial experiments that sparked public outcry.

	Author	Review
United States	Scott Foundas Variety	"Michael Almereyda dissects the life and work of controversial psychologist Stanley Milgram in a highly stylized biopic worthy of its subject"	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A portrait less interested in biographical milestones than in the questions Milgram sought to answer about why we behave the way we do"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"In 'Experimenter', an aesthetically and intellectually playful portrait of the social psychologist Stanley Milgram, the director, Michael Almereyda, turns a biopic into a mind game."	POS
United States	Farran Smith Nehme New York Post	"The movie's an intellectual shock tactic, but it succeeds. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Michael Atkinson Village Voice	"The movie is itself a rat-maze of one-sided mirrors, windows upon windows, anonymous hallways, compartmentalized instances of watching, being watched, seeing and not-seeing."	POS

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