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.
The Stanford Prison Experiment has generally received positive reviews.
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The Stanford Prison Experiment was released in 2015 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 363 reviews, giving The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 71%.
With a score of 70%, The Stanford Prison Experiment is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2015, which stands at 58%.
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