The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Twenty-four male students out of seventy-five were selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.
Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Writer: Tim Talbott
Stars: Ezra Miller, Tye Sheridan, Billy Crudup | See full cast and crew »
Storyline
Twenty-four male students out of seventy-five were selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.
User Reviews
I'm very much interested in human psychology and had taken a few seminars at university and it always fascinated me to learn that we as humans do not actually know our limits. Although some are sure of themselves of never being able to commit a crime, they still could end up committing it. And this movie shows exactly why this can happen. If you don't like the movie because of its intense and brutal depiction of the human existence, then you shouldn't rate this movie low, because that's the point of the movie and the experiment that is shown in it. If you hate the characters in the movie and are horrified by the actions they do - then you have to admit that the bloody cast did their job well! Eventually, it's a 9/10 for me! It doesn't have any scenes of gore or sex (except for one weird scene which is listed in the Parents Guide section here on IMDb)
The Stanford prison experiment represented in the movie is a real experiment conducted in 1971 and the depiction of that time is done well with the clothing, looks, etc. Billy Crudup, who plays Dr. Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University, the chief of the experiment, has done an excellent job. His cold and ruthless appearance fits perfectly for an intelligent and power-thirsty psychologist. Some say many psychologists are psychopaths themselves. Yeah, somehow approved. Thumbs up also for Michael Angarano and Tye Sheridan for giving solid and plausible performances. Ezra Miller's shaky voice disturbed me all the time, his acting was better than usual, though.
The movie is an answer to all the questions sane people ask when they watch TV or read the newspaper everyday. Why so much crime, why terrorism? The authority, whoever that may be, tells you that what you do is right and you end up doing it. You don't question it. You become a puppet. What distinguishes the humankind from animals and plants is rationality, but do we always think rational? Certainly not. When there is a dominant leader, then we tend to follow him, even if the task dissents with our norms and beliefs. You should definitely read the Milgram experiment and experiments from Muzaffer Şerif (Muzafer Sheriff), a Turkish social psychologist who developed social judgment theory and realistic conflict theory and is known as the founder of modern social psychology. His experiments about social norms and social conflict show how important the milieu is in our decisions and in individual psychology.
Dr. Zimbardo summarizes this experiment in one decisive statement: "Most apparent thing that I noticed was how most of the people in this study derive their sense of identity and well-being from their immediate surroundings rather than from within themselves."
The Stanford prison experiment represented in the movie is a real experiment conducted in 1971 and the depiction of that time is done well with the clothing, looks, etc. Billy Crudup, who plays Dr. Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University, the chief of the experiment, has done an excellent job. His cold and ruthless appearance fits perfectly for an intelligent and power-thirsty psychologist. Some say many psychologists are psychopaths themselves. Yeah, somehow approved. Thumbs up also for Michael Angarano and Tye Sheridan for giving solid and plausible performances. Ezra Miller's shaky voice disturbed me all the time, his acting was better than usual, though.
The movie is an answer to all the questions sane people ask when they watch TV or read the newspaper everyday. Why so much crime, why terrorism? The authority, whoever that may be, tells you that what you do is right and you end up doing it. You don't question it. You become a puppet. What distinguishes the humankind from animals and plants is rationality, but do we always think rational? Certainly not. When there is a dominant leader, then we tend to follow him, even if the task dissents with our norms and beliefs. You should definitely read the Milgram experiment and experiments from Muzaffer Şerif (Muzafer Sheriff), a Turkish social psychologist who developed social judgment theory and realistic conflict theory and is known as the founder of modern social psychology. His experiments about social norms and social conflict show how important the milieu is in our decisions and in individual psychology.
Dr. Zimbardo summarizes this experiment in one decisive statement: "Most apparent thing that I noticed was how most of the people in this study derive their sense of identity and well-being from their immediate surroundings rather than from within themselves."
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