The Stanford Prison Experiment

IFC Films | Release Date: July 17, 2015

7.6	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 71 Ratings

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TVJerryAug 3, 2015

If you can't tell by the profuse, thick hair on almost every actor, this movie takes place in 1971. A Stanford University psychologist (Billy Crudup) hired 24 student volunteers to play prisoners and guards in a simulated jail experiment.If you can't tell by the profuse, thick hair on almost every actor, this movie takes place in 1971. A Stanford University psychologist (Billy Crudup) hired 24 student volunteers to play prisoners and guards in a simulated jail experiment. This fact-based story gets darker, as the roles they play get more intense. The cast of young up-and-comers does a good job, but things get too intense and stay that way. Even if the dialogue is taken from actual transcripts, the film's persistent seriousness becomes a dull dark throb, instead of building into any kind of emotional payoff. It's a fascinating study, but I remember 2010's The Experiment tackled it better.… Expand

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The3AcademySinsAug 7, 2018

The Standford Prison Experiments sports some harrowing shots, good performances by both Billy Crudup and Ezra Miller, but ultimately comes across as lackluster. There are some good realistic scenes, but the pacing in this movie is all overThe Standford Prison Experiments sports some harrowing shots, good performances by both Billy Crudup and Ezra Miller, but ultimately comes across as lackluster. There are some good realistic scenes, but the pacing in this movie is all over the place, and it was honestly hard for me to pay attention while watching this one.… Expand

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JLuis_001Sep 6, 2017

The Stanford Prison Experiment is not a movie for everyone, some may find it boring other claustrophobic, but certainly its subject does not leave you indifferent. Its plot had already been addressed in other projects but had never focused onThe Stanford Prison Experiment is not a movie for everyone, some may find it boring other claustrophobic, but certainly its subject does not leave you indifferent. Its plot had already been addressed in other projects but had never focused on real people who lived through this experience firsthand. I enjoy it, I think that the theme is quite interesting and the director and his cast deliver good accounts, with the exception of Billy Crudup who apparently did not know how to portray his character.… Expand

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