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The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)

July. 17,2015
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This film is based on the actual events that took place in 1971 when Stanford professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo created what became one of the most shocking and famous social experiments of all time.

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2015/07/20

Memorable, crazy movie

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Imme-van-Gorp
2015/07/21

I think this movie was extremely interesting and I also found myself being very invested in the characters' developments. I was really rooting for the prisoners and wanted to kick those guards' butts.The thing that sort of annoyed me though, was that we never got to see how prisoner 8612 and 819 responded when they got released. I actually really wanted to know what their reaction was after they went outside and realised everything was an experiment (since they both started to doubt their sanity) and that they were free. I think it would have been very interesting to see that.7/10. -Imme van Gorp

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grizwald-31458
2015/07/22

The Stanford Prison Experiment movie portrays a real-life event instigated by the psychology department of Stanford University.In essence, the department decided to conduct a social experiment within which a bunch of students would be contained within a mock prison and would either take the role of prisoner of prison officer.The students were made to 'become' the role, and the movie covers the progression of how each student morphed into the mentality of either prisoner or police officer. It gets very brutal, and is somewhat amazing that it was ever allowed to take place past the first day (it lasted 6 days instead of the planned 14).The movie is historically accurate and does a great job of installing a sense of claustrophobia and a fear in the viewer. Upon viewing, some of the scenes seem far-fetched, but quick research will tell you that the scenes were based on actual events.A movie that will keep you gripped and appalled simultaneously.

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Nicole1062
2015/07/23

A fictional account of a true psychology experiment - this provides a very tense and disturbing account of the way in which human beings can adapt to their circumstances and become a different (or perhaps real) version of themselves. After only one day all participants have adjusted to their new roles and those running the experiment have become part of it. The film demonstrates how rapidly we can become the worst of ourselves with little provocation but when told we have total power or complete lack of it.

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Julie-Anne Goode
2015/07/24

I love a thriller and this movie did not disappoint. The plot was basically a psychology lecturer (Doctor) get 18 young men to volunteer 2 weeks of their lives for $15 a day to be in a simulated prison environment. 9 become prison guards and 9 become prisoners.The prisoners are picked up blind folded and basically taken to a makeshift prison and the guards are in shifts of 3 that take care of the prisoners. From the beginning prisoners are read rules and they have been all told guards will not touch them etc.It gets totally engrossing when the guards realise they have power and they become sadistic and cruel and totally abuse the power given to them, acting out of character and the prisoners end up weak and their identities destroyed and taken away from them, 3 of the stronger ones coming to close to meltdowns and a breakdown.Such a good movie and to realise it is real made me shudder but it was totally interesting and I couldn't stop watching it. I recommend this film, its an amazing thriller and knowing it really happened makes it even more worrying.

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