The Experiment

The Experiment (2010)

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20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

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Paul Scheuring

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Mario Giordano

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Original Language English

Runtime 2h 0m

Budget $21,800,000.00

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July 15, 2010
R, Theatrical

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A review by LastCaress1972

By LastCaress1972

Decent enough if unremarkable English-language take on Oliver Hirschbiegels superior Das Experiment, which itself was adapted from a novel (Black Box) which was inspired by a real experiment carried out at Stanford University in 1971. It was funded by the US Navy, and it was abandoned after only six days, when it went tits-up.

The story: a bunch of people are interviewed, and 24 are selected to participate in a social experiment: they are to be coached out to a camera-ed up detention centre, where eight will be selected to play the role of prison guards while the remaining sixteen will adopt... read the rest.

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