Does Experimenter end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Experimenter scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Experimenter violent?

Not especially. Less violent than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Experimenter easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Experimenter

Name: Experimenter
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2015
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder, Jim Gaffigan, Edoardo Ballerini, John Palladino

Illusion sets the stage. Deception reveals the truth.

Directed by Michael Almereyda

Produced by FJ Productions, BB Film Productions

201597 min6.5 / 10

A cerebral, morally ambiguous biographical drama that uses Milgram's controversial obedience experiments to interrogate the nature of authority, complicity, and the ethics of scientific inquiry itself.

Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his pleads for mercy, the majority of subjects don’t stop the experiment, administering what they think is a near-fatal electric shock, simply because they’ve been told to do so. With Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial airing in living rooms across America, Milgram strikes a nerve in popular culture and the scientific community with his exploration into people’s tendency to comply with authority. Celebrated in some circles, he is also accused of being a deceptive, manipulative monster, but his wife Sasha stands by him through it all.

Clusters

Morally Ambiguous Crime Dramas Unresolved Grief Stories Comedy And Satire Biographical Drama Mystery Thrillers

Genres

Drama History

Keywords

Experiment Psychology Controversy Biography Breaking The Fourth Wall

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Questions people ask

Does Experimenter end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.
Is Experimenter sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Is Experimenter scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.
Is Experimenter violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Is Experimenter easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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