The Stanford Prison Experiment (Blu-ray) R

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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 2 minutes
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: January 12, 2016
  • Originally Released: 2015
  • Label: IFC Independent Film

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User Ratings: 13,740
Rating: 3/4 -- Watching these young men brutalize each other is troubling enough, but perhaps the film's most interesting angle is how the experiment changes more than its subjects. Full Review
Philadelphia Inquirer
Jul 30, 2015
Much of what happens during THE STANDFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT seems just too unbelievable to be true. Sadly, and fascinatingly, director Kyle Patrick Alvarez's film depicts the real events of a 1971 study on authority and situational behavior...
Los Angeles Times
Jul 16, 2015
In the chilling and conversation-provoking THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT, Crudup delivers his usual excellent work...
Chicago Sun-Times
Jul 30, 2015
Rating: 7/10 -- Shelton's excellent cinematography goes a long way in keeping the claustrophobic, oppressive mood going, mainly by shooting the tight, cramped and dull office settings with a wide Cinemascope ratio. Full Review
Way Too Indie
Jun 3, 2019
Rating: 3/4 -- [Alvarez] does an excellent job encapsulating the intense, dehumanizing, and claustrophobic nature of the experiment. [July 10, 2018] Full Review
Dr. Filmlove's Film Reviews and Ratings
Aug 21, 2019
Rating: 3/5 -- The film runs out of steam by about the half way mark, where matters of unequivocally passed through the gates of Hell. Full Review
Little White Lies
Jun 10, 2016
Rating: B -- This is not an uplifting movie, and its progress can be grueling. But it has a lot to say about how we let roles define us, how fragile personalities are and how context shapes reality. Full Review
Detroit News
Aug 7, 2015

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Kyle Patrick Alvarez's drama THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT is based on real events. Dr. Philip Zimbardo (Billy Cruddup) arranges for 24 volunteers to be either guards or inmates a makeshift prison system so that he can observe how their behavior changes. Eventually those playing guards become abusive and dictatorial, while the inmates band together to survive the harsh conditions. What the Stanford professor doesn't expect is that he and the people running the experiment are also being transformed by taking part in it. THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT screened at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.

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