2015 · thriller · drama · history
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez2h 2m2015
In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true story.
Our read: The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded thriller · drama · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- intense
- twisty
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