Experimenter
Social psychologist Stanley Milgrams obedience tests, conducted at Yale during the 60s, are studied, referenced and debated to this day. Reconstructing these polarising experiments, in which subjects were instructed to administer painful electric shocks to a stranger, filmmaker Michael Almereyda explores the troubling implications of Milgrams landmark study against the backdrop of his personal life. Ingeniously structured and slyly provocative, his film might be the most distinctive biopic you see this year. Shaking off genre tropes, Almereyda seems less interested in ticking off Milgrams substantial achievements than he does in examining the sociological impact of that most significant of milestones. Peter Sarsgaards performance draws us deep into the question of his own responses to the behaviour hes exploring. Winona Ryder is vivid as his wife. JF
Year: 2015
Genre: Drama, Film Festivals 2015
Country: USA
Director: Michael Almereyda
Starring: Winona Ryder, Peter Sarsgaard, Jim Gaffigan, Eduardo Ballerini, Kellan Lutz, Dennis Haysbert, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin, John Leguizamo
Duration: 98 Minutes
Rating: M - Contains offensive language.
6.6/10
Location in store: Drama
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