Fresh
Gibney ... has a gift for showing the workings of complex social systems, and he lays things out clearly and in a well-aced fashion ...
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
2015 · 2h · NOT RATED
Documentary, TV Movie
Directed by
Alex Gibney
Overview
GOING CLEAR intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.
Director and cast
- Alex Gibney Director
- Paul Haggis as Himself - Interviewee
- Jason Beghe as Himself - Interviewee
- Alex Gibney as Narrator
- Lawrence Wright as Himself - Interviewee
- Sherry Stringfield as Sara Northrup (voice)
- Tom Cruise as Himself (archive footage)
- John Travolta as Himself (archive footage)
- Katie Holmes as Herself (archive footage)
- Nicole Kidman as Herself (archive footage)
- Nancy Cartwright as Herself (archive footage)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
While he doesn't really uncover much that's new in "Going Clear," the way he's collected and assembled testimonials, documents and archival footage creates a cumulative effect that's chilling.
Christy Lemire, ChristyLemire.com
Fresh
Whether you come away seeing Scientology as a cult that ensnares vulnerable people or as a faith of self-empowerment, the film leaves a terrible taste of too much information. This must be its point, but take heed just the same.
Nancy DeWolf Smith, Wall Street Journal
Fresh
There is order and selection, of course - to say that this is storytelling is not to impugn its parts - but much of what he has to show you is remarkable in or out of this context.
Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief... is at times jaw-dropping, scary, unnerving, even disturbingly funny.
David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle
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