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Critic Godfrey Cheshire
rated 8

The most pleasingly cerebral of recent American films...concerns Dr. Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard in an expertly shaded and intelligent performance), the creator of certain enduringly famous experiments in social psychology...

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Cast & Crew

John Leguizamo
As Taylor
Jim Gaffigan
As James McDonough
Dennis Haysbert
As Ossie Davis
Winona Ryder
As Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
Peter Sarsgaard
As Stanley Milgram
Taryn Manning
As Mrs. Lowe

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Stanley Milgram, a renowned social psychologist, conducts a series of controversial experiments at Yale University in 1961, testing the limits of human obedience to authority. Despite the pleas of the strangers they are administering electric shocks to, the majority of test subjects continue to follow orders, raising questions about free will and the power of social pressure. As Milgram's career advances, he continues to study human behavior in various experiments, but the ethical implications of his work haunt him. Featuring archival footage and a cameo by Milgram's wife, Sasha, the film explores the complexities of human nature and the consequences of blind obedience.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Experimenter include Green Book, Ford v Ferrari, Hacksaw Ridge, The 24th, The Imitation Game, 12 Years a Slave.

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Experimenter was released in theaters on October 16, 2015.