Experimenter (2015): Ratings, Box Office & Plot
Experimenter is a 2015 biographical drama directed by Michael Almereyda. It runs 1 hour 38 minutes and earned $224,145 worldwide. Critics gave it 85% on Rotten Tomatoes and 81 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 6.6/10.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 38m (98 min)
- Director
- Michael Almereyda
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Magnolia Pictures
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Experimenter About?
The premise of Experimenter without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
In 1961, Yale University’s Stanley Milgram conducted a series of groundbreaking psychological experiments exploring obedience to authority. The controversial studies involved participants instructed to administer electric shocks to others, revealing how readily ordinary people could be persuaded to inflict harm when following orders. The unsettling results, reflecting humanity's capacity for dark impulses, ignited public debate and prompted profound questions about individual responsibility and the morality of blind obedience.
Experimenter Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- psychologist
- electric shock
- human behavior
- milgram
- experiment
- controversy
- experimenter
- elephant in the room
- talking to the camera
- narration
- social experiment
- elephant
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- breaking the fourth wall
- year 1961
- 1960s
- scientist
- science
- abraham lincoln character
- behaviour experiments
- force majeure
- non free will
- authority effect
- malevolent authority
- noncognitive
- determinism
- noncognizant
- inhumane treatment
- unfree will
- reference to otto adolf eichmann
- milgram experiment
- free will
- manipulation
- inductive reasoning
- prank vote
- obedience
- prank letter
- prank singing
- asch experiment
- fabric of society
- prank elevator
- groupthink
- degree of separation
- conformity
- sociometric star
- sociometry
- vanity factor
- familiar stranger
- radical
- psychological experiment
- nonlinear timeline
The Director of Experimenter
Directed by Michael Almereyda.
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Director Michael Almereyda
More from Michael Almereyda
More films directed by Michael Almereyda, best-rated first: Marjorie Prime, This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs the Late Henry Moss, Escapes and Hamlet.
Experimenter Reviews & Ratings
Critics gave Experimenter 85% on Rotten Tomatoes and 81 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 6.6/10.
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IMDb 6.6 /10
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Rotten Tomatoes 85% Tomatometer
Popcornmeter 61%
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Metacritic 81 Metascore
User score 7.5
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TMDB 65% User score
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Letterboxd 3.3 /5
8 ratings
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Experimenter Plot Summary
What happens in Experimenter from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 13 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 2-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Based on the true story of celebrated social psychologist Stanley Milgram, this film traces the arc of his groundbreaking yet controversial work from the early 1960s at Yale University, where ordinary people are pressed to obey an authority figure as they administer electric shocks to a stranger. In the opening chapters, the audience watches the experiments unfold with clinical detail: nearly every participant yields to the pressure of the situation, their stern orders and the distressed pleas of the learner colliding in a stark test of human obedience. Amid the methodological tension, Milgram’s personal life unfolds as he meets Alexandra (Sasha), who becomes his wife and the mother of their two children, weaving a human counterpoint to the austere world of scientific inquiry.
Full summary
The whole story of Experimenter, scene by scene
Experimenter Box Office
Experimenter grossed $224,145 worldwide. $155,575 came from the US and Canada and $68,570 (31%) from the rest of the world.
Worldwide gross
$224.1K
- US & Canada
- $155.6K
- International
- $68.6K
Experimenter Trailers & Videos
The trailer of Experimenter.
How Well Do You Know Experimenter?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
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Who is the real-life social psychologist whose life and work are depicted in the film?
Cars in Experimenter
6 cars on screen, including the 1966 Plymouth Belvedere and the 1965 Jaguar XK-E.
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1966 Plymouth Belvedere Important role -
1965 Jaguar XK-E Minor role -
1980 Mercedes-Benz W123 Minor role -
1959 Chevrolet Impala Background role
Experimenter Also Known As
17 alternative titles, including “The Experimenter: The Milgam Project” and “Experimenter: The Stanley Milgram Story”.
- Also known as
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- The Experimenter: The Milgam Project
- Experimenter: The Stanley Milgram Story
- Experimenter La historia de Stanley Milgram
- O Experimento de Milgram
- Experimenter - Die Stanley Milgram Story
- 实验者
- Experimenter: La historia de Stanley Milgram
- Experimenter: Stanley Milgram, o Psicólogo que Abalou a América
- Экспериментатор
- Ο Πειραματιστής
- 人性实验室
- הניסוי
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- Eksperymentator
- Експериментатор
- 밀그램 프로젝트
- Deneyci
- アイヒマンの後継者 ミルグラム博士の恐るべき告発
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Movies Like Experimenter
Films with a similar story, tone or audience, including Obedience, The Stanford Prison Experiment and The Stanford Prison Experiment.
Experimenter FAQ: Box Office, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, box office, ratings and post-credit scenes of Experimenter, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Experimenter?
Experimenter runs 1 hour 38 minutes (98 minutes).
When was Experimenter released?
Experimenter was released on October 16, 2015.
Who directed Experimenter?
Experimenter was directed by Michael Almereyda.
More films by Michael Almereyda How much did Experimenter make at the box office?
Experimenter grossed $224,145 worldwide ($155,575 domestic, $68,570 international).
How is Experimenter rated?
Experimenter has 6.6/10 on IMDb, 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, 81 on Metacritic and 65% on TMDB.
Does Experimenter have a post-credit scene?
No. Experimenter has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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