I would give this film a 6 or 6.5 out of ten. I think it an important story in the history of psychology and the film should revive discussions about some important philosophical questions. You should see it especially if you do not know the story of the impact that these experiments had.
The obvious comparison is that both cover the lives of interesting researchers whose research had important implications. Kinsey, however, looked much deeper into the workings of the man himself-and that is something I found sadly undeveloped in The Experimenter. In comparison, I found this film rather one dimensional. I would say that was true of both the performances and the story, which were surface-only. I like Peter Sarsgaard, who was also in Kinsey. Here he gave an adequate though not very emotional performance. I'm not sure why they chose to make his facial hair so ridiculous, since it didn't really make him look anything more like the subject. In short, I would have liked to see a little more depth in exploration of the implications of the research, the effects on his life, etc... This film was a bare-bones explanation and a bit of depth could have been added easily and made for a much better film
The obvious comparison is that both cover the lives of interesting researchers whose research had important implications. Kinsey, however, looked much deeper into the workings of the man himself-and that is something I found sadly undeveloped in The Experimenter. In comparison, I found this film rather one dimensional. I would say that was true of both the performances and the story, which were surface-only. I like Peter Sarsgaard, who was also in Kinsey. Here he gave an adequate though not very emotional performance. I'm not sure why they chose to make his facial hair so ridiculous, since it didn't really make him look anything more like the subject. In short, I would have liked to see a little more depth in exploration of the implications of the research, the effects on his life, etc... This film was a bare-bones explanation and a bit of depth could have been added easily and made for a much better film