While some people complain this movie is boring, I believe it is a really compelling story and includes very easy-to-understand explanations to Milgram's experiments (which I consider fascinating). It was not meant to be a super original or fast-paced movie, so I don't see how the "boring" adjective is fitting. Its aim was to describe what he had done and how it was interpreted and its impact on society. So yes, I recommend it for whoever is interested in his theories.

Experimenter is based on the true story of famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram, who in 1961 conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans' willingness to obey by using electric shock. We follow Milgram, from meeting his wife Sasha through his controversial experiments that sparked public outcry. Just like with "The Stanford Prison Experiment" this is a film that suffers from a very dull script and will make viewers almost fell asleep and that is the bad because you have so many great actors in here but none of them got the material that they deserved. If you wanna watch a good film with the exact same plot go watch "The Experiment" and not "Experimenter"

By itself, this is not one of the world's greatest movies. It certainly attempted new venues in making semi-documentaries, and most of it is easily watchable, even humorous at times. But occasionally, things about the life of Stanley Milgram get thrown in at odd angles that don't really support the story, which begs the question of whether or not it would have been better to focus on the experiments, instead of the experimenter.That being said, the punch of the experiments is the thrill here. This is fare for the ones that seek brain-food. If you don't want your little gray cells to feast on a banquet of ideas, look elsewhere. There's not really a lot of anything else at this table.This is a movie that follows (generally) the life of the sociologist Stanly Milgram (played very well by Peter Sarsgaard). The man's main experiment, the Obedience Experiment, is of course his most famous and his most shocking one of the film (and of his life) and it is delivered to us early with the help of Winona Ryder (playing his wife), Jim Gaffigan (playing his partner in crime, so to speak) and even Anthony Edwards (playing one of the experimentees). It is all delivered well enough to ease you into the mind of this man, where his focuses were as a sociologist, and at the same time leaves you uneasy with what it is that he discovered with his work.Winona doesn't bring down the house here, but she does a solid job. Nobody really delivers anything in the realm of amazing here, but that's apparently not the point of the film. Whether or not they intended it, the experiments themselves do all the work of plot, character development, and intrigue that really carries you on throughout the film. The plot of this man's life is ordinary, the path taken throughout the movie is not spectacular. Everything goes back to the experiments themselves, and they are the star of this film. And amazingly, they do their job well.Although you will certainly be amused and enlightened by the lighter, less disturbing experiments done by this man, it will most certainly be the Obedience Experiment that will leave you with chills. The results of the experiment speak to the future generations of humanity, and are frightening to face in the calm, soft-colored palette of the movie. Perhaps it is the weight of that one experiment that carries you through the movie, waiting to see what Stanley comes up with next. Nothing he ever did beyond that first experiment ever compared to it, but the weight of it is/was so heavy that its impact is worth the price of admission.There's not really anything else to say. For the sake of the Obedience Experiment itself and what it means to the people of this planet, at the very least, you should watch it.Even if you decide to shut it off, once Mr. Milgram tries to move on to other things.

I am not a critique. But I am interested to understand the justification of all the institutionalized activities around the globe which includes the infliction of pain to a different person, under a false sense of command and no-apparent responsibility. The work of this movie, is excellent and throws you into the deep abyss of the darkness of the human soul, where due to our education system and beliefs, we always tend to forget to question our action and just become mass followers. Well you can disagree as much as you want, but if you haven't done it, then you are not human, since human live in a society and you have to follow the unwritten rules, without question.I always wondered how people follow blindly and then create a false sense of justification saying he/she was unaware, or not responsible, or simply 'I was deceived'. Let them get a heart attack and my response to them would be that I am not responsible for your health.Please excuse the grammar but do not miss this movie. 10/10.