Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

zero-signal We humans are amazing creatures. Most of the time I find myself, standing in awe by foolishness of my species. I have my own idiot moments and most of the time i just embrace what i had done, any way, this docu-something showed me there are far more meat brains out there. There's a guy, from start to end, an ex, über-somebody of scientology in the past, man, such an idiot. He spent twenty plus years of his life with shitentology, abused other idiots who pay to be abused, had the sweet taste of power and authority for several years.And now, he's out, and acting like he's the commander of some kind of sh*t storm. Telling people what to ask, what to feel etc. At some point he basically took a dump on to the main guy, he barely had nothing to say in return.We humans are lone creatures deep inside, they choose to pay for that abusive, idiotic and undoubtedly wrong corporation, so let them be. Don't judge or try to help. Just watch them slipping in their own feces.So, i just had motivation to watch what those wackology guys does with this documentary kind of thing but at the end its just people confronting each other close range to call each other squirrel!What a bummer!!This production is first class "DON'T WASTE YOUR PRECIOUS TIME" material. Gives no new information about idiotogly dudes, no ending, filled with boring and low quality re-enactments. And also an idiot as starring. That dude, idiot shitentology old admiral, swear he'll pull the plug off the corp., I wonder what he would did or at first place what can he do? I really want to have future information about his actions, because you know there is nothing more fun then watching humans meaninless movements.

David Ferguson Greetings again from the darkness. Here's hoping Tom Cruise doesn't hunt me down, and that a group of believers doesn't shout insults at me in an airport; but I'll admit that the more I learn about the Church of Scientology, the more creeped out I get. Director John Dower and BBC reporter Louis Theroux do nothing to put me at ease or even help understand how people fall for this "religion" … a self-described "universal solvent".Yes, Scientology is a religion that was founded by a science fiction writer. The genre has seen many popular writers over the years - Ray Bradbury, Arthur C Clarke, H.G. Wells, and Philip K Dick were all great writers, and some were read religiously by their fans. However only one, L Ron Hubbard, had the pluck to actually start a religious cult and consider himself God's conduit. His 1950 book "Dianetics" is known as Book One and the foundation for the movement that became Scientology.Mr. Hubbard died in 1986. Twenty-something David Miscavige took control and to this day remains the mysterious leader of the organization. His one TV interview was in 1990 with Ted Koppell on "Nightline" and he has since refrained from public appearances – a stance that has only enhanced the weirdness and rumors surrounding Scientology. Instead, public figures like Tom Cruise and John Travolta have become the faces that people associate with the organization, and have been influential in recruiting efforts.The extremely polite Theroux takes an unusual approach to this and actually holds auditions for the key roles of David Miscavige and Tom Cruise, with the plan to reenact some of the more infamous ongoings behind the secure walls of Scientology. When the open call for participants hits social media, warnings to Theroux start flooding in – literally cautioning him to stay away from this subject. Undeterred, though maybe a bit shaken (is Paz de la Huerta a bikini-clad spy?), he enlists Marty Rathbun, a former senior leader in Scientology. He bolted after 27 years, and the organization now labels him as an embittered SP (Suppressive Person) and works to discredit everything he says.Andrew Perez wins the role of Miscavige by expressing the necessary level of "righteous anger" according to Rathbun. The reenactments of Miscavige speeches, the E-meter sessions, and bull-baiting (belittling to build backbone) provide us a simulated peek behind the cloak of secrecy. We learn about The Celebrity Centre, Gold Base, and The Hole – each adding to the creepiness that is difficult to shake.Three other former Scientologists are interviewed: Tom De Vochts, Marc Headley and Jeff Hawkins. It's through them that we learn about Sea Orgs – the most devoted of those within the organization. There is also a fascinating tie-in with Mr. Hawkins' wife Catherine Frazier, who not only remains an active Scientologist, but plays a key role in one of Theroux's contentious interactions on a road that is either public or private, depending on whom you ask.Alex Gibney's Going Clear documentary stands in contrast to Theroux's almost playful approach to getting information and details out of those who were/are there. Although the playfulness disappears when, late in the film, Theroux confronts Mr. Rathbun on his role in building the structure that he now condemns. We know we can't trust the "church", but we (including Theroux) are never quite sure whether to trust Rathbun, or if he is merely out for revenge. It's rare that a true story can provide such comical moments and yet, at its core, provide such frightening insights. Call it a cult, a religion, an organization, or any other label you prefer … it's still just plain creepy.

garvint The only problem with the whole film is using stock footage of Scientology meetings.There is no actual investigation,except to "simulate" what happens with ex members.But by far the worst aspect of the film is that struggle really hard to actually make something controversial.Its more theatre if peoples natural persoanlities.

wallywalas Firstly let me say that I am a big fan of Louis Theroux's work, this however I find to be a rather large disappointment.The crux of the failings all comes down to a lack of access to the church itself, this meant that other than the odd scene where he meets someone from the church - who is usually telling him to leave the area - he has to rely on the testimony from spurned ex-members. I'm sure you can see just how unreliable these testimonies are; these people have either been cast out by the church or left under questionable circumstances and will have an 'axe to grind' against them meaning they could be all too happy to exaggerate and make up certain elements in order to smear the church for their revenge. However we then go from bad to worse. What Theroux does with these testimonies is to hire actors to create a mock up scenario based on the claimed experiences of former members. This scenario shows the church as extremely abusive, controlling and cult-like, however it also has all the professionalism of a warm up activity for a failing local amateur dramatics society. And whilst I agree that there is some strange and twisted stuff going on inside the Scientology religion, the whole way through I was unable to take the dramatic reconstruction seriously, as every detail of it was secured from people who had a reason to both hate and discredit the church. There are some good points to the documentary, the interviews with ex-members and brief run-ins with current members do contain some fascinating details, stories and theories. Should these be true, the church is even more twisted than I had dared to imagine. The way in which the current members treat Theroux and any of his team shows just how secretive they are which does beg the intriguing question of what are they hiding?In this review, I have slated Theroux's approach quite badly, I do however appreciate that there was most likely no alternative. The Church is famous for their refusal to communicate openly with those outside of its tight-knit community and Theroux is too famous now to get away with going undercover, from what we do see of the Church members in here, it is clear that they would have busted him on day one. So to conclude, all in all it isn't the worst documentary in the world but by no means is it anywhere near the best. The information that the entire thing is based upon could be both flawed and biased and is certainly unreliable. If you can look past this you will enjoy it more than I did. If not, then like myself, you will most likely watch this movie with a heavy sense of scepticism and come the end, be unsure as to whether to believe every word of it or none at all.