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The Experiment

Moritz Bleibtreu (Actor), Christian Berkel (Actor), Oliver Hirschbiegel (Director) | Rated: R (Restricted) | Format: DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

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Inspired by a famous 1971 psychological experiment, Oliver Hirschbiegel's German-language movie The Experiment finds a group of 20 volunteers randomly divided into 12 prisoners and eight guards and asked to play out their roles for a fortnight while scientists study their reactions. A conflict arises between undercover reporter Fahd (Moritz Bleibtreu), a con with a hidden agenda, and the apparently mild-mannered Berus (Justus von Dohnanyi), a guard with a megalomaniac streak. The film begins as a psychological drama as ordinary people settle into the game, with joking displays of resistance by the "prisoners" greeted with increasing brutality from the "guards," but detours into suspense and horror as Fahd, who needs the experiment to get out of hand in order to make his story more saleable, deliberately ratchets up the tension between the factions only to see the situation spiral nightmarishly out of control as various test subjects in both camps edge closer to snapping.

With a terrific display of ensemble acting and unforced use of the popular claustrophobic semi-documentary look, Hirschbiegel's movie takes its time to get underway, with apparently irrelevant cutaways to Fahd's outside girlfriend (Maren Eggert), but works up to a powerful second half that delivers a sustained symphony of psychological and physical anguish. --Kim Newman

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5.0 out of 5 stars Worth buying, Nov 8 2004
This review is from: The Experiment (DVD)
Most of the other reviews here describe the film, and I agree with most of the reviewers that DAS EXPERIMENT is a masterpiece (with a few flaws). But should you buy it? After seeing the film in a cinema, I was impressed but also a bit shaken, and didn't feel that I would want to see it again. As it turned out, a friend borrowed it on DVD for us to watch, and it was even better the second time round, despite knowing and fearing the plot. A lot of details come into focus, and although it is still powerful stuff, you have more time to think about the bigger picture, to laugh at the humour (it's there!), and to take a bit of shameful pleasure when tables turn. In fact, I now consider it to be a film to watch at (longish) intervals, and it is high up on my DVDs-to-buy list.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, Oct 15 2004
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This review is from: The Experiment (DVD)
I watched this movie only because I was interested in the concept, but, it blew my mind. It exceeded my expectation much higher. Good dialogue, characterization, acting. Story development was well paced; it gave me enough time to get into the character. Towards the end, I was breathing as hard as No. 77...couldn't wait to get out of the building.

I thought it was sort of a modern version of 'Lord of the Flies', describing one of the aspects of human psych. It also made me think of 'Blue Eye', a TV documentary of a psychological experiment in a primary school, dividing a class to a 'blue eye' team and 'the rest'. In this doc, teacher makes blue eye team superior for half a day, do the opposite in the afternoon, make kids to experience what happens. This teacher taught psychology in jail same way, it was almost scary how people get effected by 'the game' (she noted this experiment has to be done very carefully and has to be use right).

Anyway, I recommend 'The Experiment' strongly, especially those who likes the kind of movie like 'Cube'. It was one of the most exciting thrillers than many big budget Hollywood ones.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This reminds me of..., July 18 2004
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this movie somehow reminds me of the abuse and humiliation of prisoners at Abu Ghraib....
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