Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
7.5
2016
1 hr 10 min
Documentary
, TV Movie
Derren Brown investigates the power of social compliance by persuading an unwitting member of the public into believing that they have pushed someone to their death.
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- Cast:
- Derren Brown , Heather Ashley Chase , Matt Lucas , Martin Freeman , David Tennant
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One of my all time favorites.
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It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
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At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
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It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
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