Experimenter (2015)

Experimenter (2015)

Illusion sets the stage. Deception reveals the truth. 2015-10-16 United States of America 97 Min. PG-13
6.492 453 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

Peter Sarsgaard is Stanley Milgram
Stanley Milgram
Winona Ryder is Alexandra
Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
Jim Gaffigan is James McDonough
James McDonough
Edoardo Ballerini is Paul Hollander
Paul Hollander
John Palladino is John Williams
John Williams
Kellan Lutz is William Shatner
William Shatner
Dennis Haysbert is Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis
Taryn Manning is Mrs. Lowe
Mrs. Lowe
Lori Singer is Florence Asch
Florence Asch
Josh Hamilton is Tom Shannon
Tom Shannon