The Human Experiment

Name: The Human Experiment
Genre: Documentary
Released: April 17, 2015
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 44

2015

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Area 23a | Release Date: April 17, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: The Human Experiment lifts the veil on the shocking reality that thousands of untested chemicals are in our everyday products, our homes and inside of us. Simultaneously, the prevalence of many diseases continues to rise.

Director: Dana Nachman and Don Hardy Jr.

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 91 min

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RogerEbert.com Godfrey Cheshire

Apr 17, 2015

Though Sean Penn executive-produced the film and voices its spare narration, the doc has a very generic tone, so much so that it might seem to belong on TV rather than in theaters. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Apr 16, 2015

It may leave many bases uncovered (a section on groundbreaking European legislation is inadequately explained), but it will also leave you looking a lot more closely at what you put on your skin, in your mouth and underneath your sink. Read full review

Stephanie Merry

Apr 16, 2015

The movie was nicely shot with flashy graphics to explain the data that does exist. But in the end, this film will persuade only those who already believe. Read full review

Michael Nordine

Apr 23, 2015

The problem with The Human Experiment as an actual film and not just an anti-chemical treatise is that, though these people and the troubling statistics they cite are on the level, we're too rarely afforded the opportunity to reach our own conclusions based on them. Read full review

Martin Tsai

Apr 16, 2015

Co-directors Dana Nachman and Don Hardy haven't attributed all of their facts and figures, hence the proverbial grain of salt. Read full review

Andrew Lapin

Apr 15, 2015

The movie’s style consists of tossing up a lot of heartbreaking medical stories next to a characterization of the industry as a mysterious monolith, and letting viewers finish the correlation in their heads. When it’s possible to use the same line of reasoning to push both truth and lies, different tactics are in order. Read full review

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