This was not a very compelling movie. Completely devoid of drama or intrigue. Plagued with horrible writing and sub-par acting. The premise made little sense as did the characters portraying the guard and prisoner roles. It appears that the students selected as prisoners would later become jurors in the Casey Anthony trial; so lacking common sense and seemingly any grip on reality. It took all of two days for everyone to completely loose it. I thought Stanford had high admittance requirements? Anyway, production values were low and editing was poor. In addition, I don't believe you can decriminalize kidnapping via contract. And I just wonder why the academics couldn't just use actual data from the many. many existing prisons in the country instead of setting up what seemed like a very unorganized, confusing, and last minute experiment. What was most compelling was that anyone involved in this stupidity could possibly take it seriously.
Review of The Stanford Prison Experiment
