Experimenter
In 1961, social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducts controversial experiments designed to measure conformity, conscience and free will. 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.
22 July 1964, Bogotá, Colombia
30 July 1969, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
6 November 1957, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
1956, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
31 May 1972, Dublin, Ireland
9 June 1969, New York City, New York, USA
19 March 1906, Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
August 22, 2016
Tries to avoid the cliches of biopics but lacks spark and cleverness. [Full review in Spanish]
May 31, 2016
... one of the best and most overlooked films of the year ...
May 20, 2016
It is rather encouraging to see a film as ambitiously cerebral as Experimenter let loose in theaters.
December 04, 2016
Slight but intellectually entertaining.
October 22, 2015
Peter Sarsgaard carries this engaging biopic of Stanley Milgram.
December 09, 2016
Experimenter is not only an inventive exploration of the life and personality of an offbeat and perhaps misunderstood intellectual; it is also an exposition of his relentlessly probing mind and jarring revelations.
October 22, 2015
When you have such a provocative foundation and such rich material to work with, pushing it to the next level isn't necessarily the best choice.
October 22, 2015
There are a few feints at considerations of human nature, and a word is spoken in defense of obedience, but the film serves better to start a conversation than to draw a conclusion.
October 05, 2016
You'll find yourself wondering if PBS has a documentary you could watch instead (at least then you'll feel smarter).
October 22, 2015
Fascinating work by Michael Almereyda, a mix of audacious artifice, ruminations and reality.
October 22, 2015
"Experimenter's" most striking quality is the way it encourages us to think deeply, from the first frame to the last, even if it's just to consider what on Earth an elephant is doing on screen.
October 29, 2015
Mostly playful if occasionally pretentious ...
