The Stanford Prison Experiment (Starring Billy Crudup) Movie Review
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- The Stanford Prison Experiment starring Billy Crudup, Ezra Miller, James Wolk is reviewed by Ben Mankiewicz (host of Turner Classic Movies), Tim Grierson (Screen International, Deadspin, Paste, Rolling Stone, The Dissolve, Playboy), Alonso Duralde (TheWrap and Linoleum Knife podcast) and Christy Lemire (www.ChristyLemi...).
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Based on the real-life research of Dr. Zimbardo (who was a consultant on the film), The Stanford Prison Experiment is a dramatic period piece that remains relevant over 40 years later. (C) IFC Films
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Just finished watching this. It was grueling to watch. Especially the end. I would 100% recommend watching it, but its one of those that you watch once in your life time. Go see it.
I don't know what everyone is complaining about. This movie is riveting. I was upset they didn't follow the rules as originally planned. They just let the guards do whatever no matter how messed up it was. Im surprised they didn't get sued in real life.The prisoners obviously suffered severe mental and physical abuse. They should have stepped in. And the parole part... My God.
and to think this shit happened in real life is completely fucked up on so many levels
It really was an ugly situation that trashed every ethical standard for
dealing with humans in (Psychology) experiments, and I hope you look it up on the web. I saw the grueling footage
moment to moment in college.
The fact that Stanford let it get so far out of hand, in 1971, says a lot
about the way humans , unfortunately, comply to role & in group, and the danger of men together in groups (I'm sure women as well). Let's not forget what US Soldiers just did to (whomever they
scooped up), or what is going on right now in prisons inside America.
So Glad WTF reviews little films like this. I've never heard of it before this review, and now i'm extremely excited to see it. Also has a TON of young actors I love.
Just saw this movie. Soooooo fantastic, see it if you haven't!
I thought it was very underrated. It's well shot, got some pretty good acting, decent soundtrack, etc.
Not a fun movie, but necessary. Just think about how out of hand Gitmo must be - they think they're right to be doing it.
TheDajamster or all the normal prisons, there was one in California where the guards were literally gang members with their own gang tattoos and everything else gangs get up to
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Wow, that's Messed Up!
So its basically just 'The Experiment' with Forest Whitaker, but instead has college kids. I believe there was a German film about the stanford prison experiment as well.
***** Das Experiment is the German film from 2001. One of the leads in the German movies was Moritz Bleibtreu, who also was in Run, Lola, Run, Der Baader Meinhof Komplex and World War Z. The Experiment was a remake of that film.
***** Yes, it sounds like it is trying to more accurately reflect the actual experiment compared to those other ones which took the idea of the experiment and went in different directions.
Only hipsters care for French plays. ;-)
***** Difference being "The Experiment" with Forest Whitaker was fucking terrible. "Das Experiment" was pretty good. I'm happy to watch the same idea with a different vision/director/writer/actors though.
Laurence O'Connor the difference is that this one is based on the actual experiment at Stanford
I just started my senior year in high school and I'm taking AP psychology and the first thing we talked about was roles and how people can sometimes never escape their roles I loved this movie it shocked me and I was just in awe with this film I recommend it for film buffs and psychology buffs
Nice casting. That guy actually resembles Zimbardo quite well...
Tim Grierson is the first guest host on WTF that I genuinely like.
I agree, he does a good job with his review theory. I'm definitely going to watch this movie.
Luna Mayer Giving a compliment while being insanely insulting. Nothing like youtubers.
I've been fascinated by this event for years. I cannot wait to see this film.
Anyone who took a 101 psychology class knows about this experiment
Not true. I was a psych major- I quit after two years- and I never learned of this experiment.
Just a small detail, but in the movie, they used the phrase "on the same page", which I don't believe was used until after 1971. The first citation of the phrase came from around 1974. Obviously though, the movie was great if this is the type of flaw I'm pointing out.
I noticed this too! It seemed jarring, but cursory research (Thanks, Google!) points to its use as plausible, especially in an academic context. So I'll let it go. Fantastic movie. What a hard watch. Especially as the last film in a triple bill with The Experimenter and The Experiment. I found The Experimenter to be the best of the bunch, with TSPE a close second. Crucially, I'd rewatch The Experimenter, but never this movie. Once was good, but enough.
FINALLY A FILM ABOUT THIS!
+Margret Adedeji (Coco Berry) Das Experiment and its remake are fiction inspired by Stanford. This, however, is the real deal - the actual experiment, as it happened.
This movie was super-tense, and pretty great. Lots of discussion fodder here. I was locked in all the way through. My only big gripe is that they just kinda throw you in and never really establish what the goals of the experiment are beforehand; a little more context at the start would have made this top-notch.
I agree. this film was absolutely fantastic. but without knowing alot about the actual experiment, there is a bit of context lost
How does this film compare to 2001's Das Experiment, which is also based on the Stanford Prison experiment? Because if it is as fascinating, terrifying and effective as that one, I really want to see this.
This film describes only a part of what's happening in real prison as Zimbardo originally meant it by initiating the actual prison experiment in 1971. It brings a huge contribution to psychology and, ceteris paribus, finds a correlation among independently controlled variables ( prison environment and authority) and dependently measured variables (submission, irritation, and other relevant behaviors).
"Group Think" -- great observation by Christie.
It's a good movie and it's fascinating to watch in light of it being real, but it losses steam a bit half way through when SPOILER ALERT Ezra Miller leaves, and more so when Ty Sheridan leaves a bit later.
But they had to do that with it being a true story were the Ezra Miller prisoner cracked and had to leave
Izzy belle Right, I get they had to do it but that doesn't make it not the case.
That bullshit about "knowing" the director irks me a little. Just another detail of pettiness and withholding truth in this culture. If he was my best friend, I would tell him the truth about his film, as if he wouldn't be curious to know my opinion. It's not a good enough reason to withhold criticism.
It's a conflict of interest whether he likes or dislikes the film.
Well perhaps it shouldn't be assumed that way. It is a minor thing, but annoying.
MérKjarúl TruG They're really honest. They reviewed a documentary about Cenk Uygur (who founded TYT) that was directed by a guy that used to direct What the Flick, but they didn't shy away from any criticism there.
Matt Cipolla I really can't watch that one because I'd argue we've already seen a severe ... curtailing of the reviewers ability to independently speak for TYT. When you have Cenk coming in to provide a 'Cenk' review of a movie that his own staff already reviewed, as part of his 'Founders' privilege, it severely undermines the program. (I'm referring to 'Mad Max,' here, and I have not seen the movie) If Cenk had simply done a non-TYT quickie review (including mention of it in a blog or vlog, even just a quick tweet) tyat would have been something else.
Gangrel Aussie for the Mad Max review I think that was just because Cenk couldn't make it to the filming of the previous review, and he too wanted to give his opinion on a movie that had a lot of hype that he felt was somewhat undeserved. That has no effect on the other reviewers' abilities to speak independently for TYT - rather, it is merely a side review by someone who is obviously not a professional reviewer for those who happen to want to hear his opinion. It's nothing more than that - I think you're taking its ethical repercussions too far.
Anyone think it was strange how they got rid of 8612 so soon after presenting him as what seemed to be the main character? And then his friend left right after him? After that, I wasn't connected with any of the prisoners and I didn't really care anymore. It then became a story more about some guy running the prison experiment, rather than the boys dealing with the prison experiment, and the latter is much, much more interesting.
I have to agree with you, Ezra Miller was so great that I knew his character was the one to get out in two days, as I knew one of the boys in the experiment managed to get out early and I knew it was going to be him which partly made me upset because he was the most interesting, alongside Tye Sheridan (819) and two of the guards.
Worked on an Abu Ghraib/Stanford Prison Experiment thing at uni years ago. Watched all the original material we could get our hands on, have seen other movies like The Experiment aso besides that. Looking forward to yet another take on what happened.
Wondering if it's a good idea to re-read the book before. Njae.. Think i'll let the movie surprise me.
I studied about this study in my A levels and it's fascinating to see it live action.
Glad to hear that there's finally a good intense movie out of such a famous experiment. It was meant to show how an environment and conditions can change everything.
I've never seen an upload from this channel with no comments especially two days later.
Just saw this! Really good study of a study, lovely Fincher visuals, top performances. Full of interesting ideas, loved the experimenters becoming the experimented as time passes.
If she didn't see the movie why is she there?
Christie has almost always seen the movies You should have more complaints about Ben, who rarely sees the movies.
Didn't they already make this film with Adrian Brody? "The Experiment" I believe it was called.
As a native, Im so excited to see this movie!!
is this is a remake of a adrien brody movie called the experiment
There is a German- movie about this, that is quiet good, called "Das Experiment".
It would be nice to see a dramatic interpretation of this experiment that looked at it objectively, that is to say, acknowledging the tremendous flaws it has. The main experimenter inserting himself into the experiment as the warden especially has taken away much of the strength of the experiment, but it seems to be maintaining its prominence through pop psychology, ensuring people's understanding of the science will remain flawed.
JGonspy I think this is indeed as objective as a cinematic version can be, in that it is trying to show the events as they truly happened - plus, it has the Olivia Thirlby character who you can see in the trailer is admonishing the experiment and telling the professor that he is wrong etc. Any more opinion than that and they'd have to make a documentary.
As far as a movie goes, it is as objective as a movie could be. What you want does seem to be an HBO documentary.
Why make another movie on this? Das experiment was already fine and the english remake already exist...
does anyone know where I can find this film?
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Power goes to heads. Id pick prisoner so I could break character and give a lesson and attitude adjustment to the inevitable bravado the Sheriff Arpaios would attain
Why did I not what this/ever hear of this movie?!
Oh cool
This is not a review, it is a narration of the movie 😐
interesting
I hope that he got sued
Alonso, sorry you have sunburn, it looks pretty bad.
The biggest problem with the Stanford Prison Experiment, the experiment not the movie, is that they had 24 people, 12 guards and 12 prisoners. What the fuck prison has a 1 to 1 ratio between prisoners and guards? In California, 5 to 1 prisoners to guards is the average. The results of the experiment would have been tremendously different is they had had a 5 to 1 ratio of prisoners to guards, especially because the guards had no real power in this experiment. From the trailer of the movie that they showed in this video, there is a point where the guards physically take control of the prisoners, that shit wouldn't happen if the guards were outnumbered 5 to 1, if there were 4 guards and 20 prisoners, there is no way that that shit could have went down. In real life there are guard towers that have guards with guns, the experiment had no guns, therefore the guards had no power other than, apparently from this trailer, batons, and 4 dudes with batons does not beat 20 unarmed dudes. I do think this movie will be interesting, but the original experiment that it is based off of is flawed and unscientific.
Source for prison ratio numbers: sites.google.com/site/prisondiversity/home/guard-to-inmate-ratio
The piont of the experiment was to deduce whether people in power no matter how good can abuse that power and people in a subjigated environment whether they would comply or rebel. It had nothing to do with recreating a actual prison environment to see how it runs.
ed invested "The Stanford Prison Experiment set out to examine the psychological effects of authority and powerlessness in a prison environment"
From the universities own words, it sounds to me like they were trying to study the psychological effects of the two groups of people in a prison environment, they literally used the words "prison environment." However, they did not create a prison environment, a real recreation, which by their own testimony they were attempting to do, would not have had a 1 to 1 ratio, unless it was some super maximum security prison for the people we deem to be the most dangerous, like Guantanamo Bay.
library.stanford.edu/spc/exhibitspublications/past-exhibits/stanford-prison-experiment-40-years-later
markalexander774 Most college experiments get tossed due to improper testing conditions regardless. Doesn't stop them from pissing away their more-than-ample grant money.
***** Yeah, but most college experiments don't get cited in modern culture continuously for decades.
markalexander774 Well, Tuskegee University has something of a jaded past...
Regardless, anyone who'd cite an experiment with the fastenings of a b-plot from an episode of Community and no control group is probably citing it for the negligence and financial misappropriations of the school.
Almost Famous anyone?
This has been done. Das Experiment is the authoritative movie on the subject.
TheSpiritOfTheTimes Watch the film before you dismiss it.
oldmoviemusic I doubt I will. Everything is known to me about the actual experiment, and, again, Das Experiment is a very good film on the exact same topic.
+TheSpiritOfTheTimes Das Experiment is a fiction inspired by Stanford. This, however, is the reenactment of the "real deal" as it happened.
put your F ing phone down.
I swear this movie has been made at least three times. They even made a bloody German version FFS.
+Melissa Carlill ... The Experiment was a remake of Das Experiment, a fiction inspired by Stanford. This, however, is a reenactment of the actual experiment as it happened.
how exaggerated is this? were the experiments really that bad lol
You lost me at _"Ezra Miller"_
Das Experiment.
How can you trust film reviewers who cannot even do their homework? They don't mention that this was made 2 times before in the last 15 years? The highly regarded DAS EXPERIMENT (2001) and its American remake THE EXPERIMENT (2010) with Adrien Brody. Imdb- takes five seconds guys...
I mean you all are always looking at your phones on the show- at what? Porn? It obviously isn't you finding out a damn thing about what you are reviewing.
The ratio of prisoners and guards (more or less equal) made the experiment irrelevant.
Over the years this, nonsensical and flawed experiment, has received WAY more attention than it deserves.
Alonso.....you're job is to review.
Erza Miller seems terrible in this
He's honestly remarkable
This movie was boring. "The EXperiment" with Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker was better. The guards started acting like douchebags immediately, there was no transition or adjustment period for them and it felt so unrealistic. It also made me roll my eyes how fragile they made the prisoners, I get that a lot of people can't take much abuse, but I've been through worse. Try having four Drill Sergeants who all look like they could lift a truck stand around you screaming at the same time poking you in the face with their lemon squeezers(hats for you civies). That shit lasted for 3 months instead of 6 days. If thousands of people a year can make it through basic, they should have been able to make it more than a few days before they snap.
are you kidding me this is the worst movie ever seen. shit...!