Never has there been such a chilling portrait of the human psyche.

| May 7, 2009

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 30, 2006

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 1, 2006

Go in expecting whatever you want, chances are you're going to get something that much better.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 1, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

The Experiment est un bon film, mais je comprends mal qu'il ait pu gagner des prix.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Dec 16, 2004

Certamente provocaria mais impacto caso o roteiro tivesse abandonado subtramas dispensveis como a "namorada que perdeu o pai" e se concentrado mais na fascinante experincia.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 24, 2004

Works as action drama, psychological thriller, and cautionary tale.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 15, 2003

When a picture about the roots of evil takes the easy way out, the price is potentially more grave than just the failure of a film: it starts to smell a little like exploitation, after all.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 6, 2003

"The Experiment" keeps your adrenaline pumping nearly from beginning to end.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jul 22, 2003

...takes its time with what it has to say, but very little of it is uninteresting - and the whole thing is capped off by a third act that will have you squirming in your seat.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 7, 2003

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 28, 2003

Director Oliver Hirschbiegel uses a stark and spare style to depict the action. . . with breakdowns sudden and savage in contrast to the intermittent quiescence

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 5, 2003

Bleibtreu is a clone of Brendan Fraser in looks, but he's far superior in talent.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 24, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 7, 2003

...it gets all murky and brutal, with rape and murder and all kinds of Hobbesian business going on.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Dec 23, 2002

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 8, 2002

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 12, 2002

The movie's central premise -- is well supported in a film whose strength is in its close-ups on characters and its ability to put the viewer in the cell with them.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 8, 2002

Expect to do plenty of flinching, recoiling and face-covering.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 8, 2002