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The Experiment (2010)

★ 6.4R115 min

2010 American film

The Experiment is a 2010 American drama thriller film directed by Paul T. Scheuring and starring Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Cam Gigandet, Clifton Collins Jr., and Maggie Grace, about an experiment which resembles Philip Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment in 1971.

The film is a remake of the 2001 German film Das Experiment, which was directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is The Experiment about?
The Experiment (2010) — For a handsome $1,000-a-day reward, the unemployed pacifist, Travis, decides to take part in a controversial two-week behavioural experiment that will attempt to simulate life within the prison walls. Now, inside a controlled environment, two hand-picked groups of twenty inmates
Is The Experiment based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is The Experiment scary?
Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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