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.

kiz-i-iz I have always found the subject matters of Louis documentaries to be fascinating, but his interview "technique" seems to be standing silently looking rather puzzled & having nothing insightful to ask or say. This documentary is probably his finest example of that technique. Despite having unfiltered & unrestricted access to one of the most interesting & high ranking ex members of this destructive cult, Louis failed to ask even one interesting or revealing question. He only succeeds in upsetting & compromising his subject, with his complete lack of intelligence or understanding. The entire film revolves around trying to produce an "improvised" scene that only might have happened, & the only location scouted was an access road to the back of Gold Studios. Considering the access Louis had to such high ranking Ex members & his undoubted knowledge on the subject (just listen to his interview on the Joe Rogan podcast to understand the in depth research he has completed on the subject), the entire film fails to either make any revelations, or give us any insight into this insidious cult, that we don't already know. So... disappointing & vacuous...no surprise there then.

Leofwine_draca MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE is a big-screen outing for the likable documentarian Louis Theroux, well known here in the UK for his TV series WEIRD WEEKENDS, which I personally loved. The subject matter of this one is obvious from the title, but the problem is that there are already documentaries on the same subject matter, and better ones too. Even the notorious PANORAMA episode with the on-air presenter breakdown is better than Theroux's version.The problem with this is the lack of really meaty material. You want to see Theroux infiltrating the church, interviewing members and causing consternation, but aside from a couple of arguments in the street, none of that really happens. Theroux attempts to get around this lack of meat by staging re-enactments of certain real-life events and, while dramatic, they're just not as effective as true documentary footage would be. That's why I don't like documentaries which extensively use re-enactment footage, although there are a few exceptions like THE IMPOSTER where it is effective.

emilyjmalbon I've watched all of Louis Theroux's documentaries with great interest. What I like about him is the way he interviews his subjects with an open mind and seemingly without bias. He's interviewed some rotten people but he lets them have their say whilst still challenging them. I expected the same from this movie but it just wasn't there, largely because of the lack of access Louis had to the church. This meant that the whole movie pretty much relied on testimony and input from former church henchman, Mark. The trouble with Mark was he is an unreliable witness. He was willing to speak about the brutality the church inflicted against him, but shut Louis down every time he tried to probe him about the brutality Mark might have inflicted against others. Mark did come across as deeply unlikeable and "embittered", as the church described him, so it was difficult to know whether what he was saying was true, even if it was wholly believable. At one point another person Louis interviewed claimed that "Mark knows where all the bodies are". That was the last we heard about that though. I wanted to know if it was true. Louis seemed afraid to ask Mark direct questions.In my opinion the movie didn't really go anywhere or raise any new questions. For a large part of the film we're forced to watch Louis and Mark recruit actors to play the head of the church and Tom Cruise. They then barely even used these actors to recreate scenes for us, and when they did, it was like watching a bad play. I just didn't see the point of it, especially as the script was written by Mark, so it was all entirely his depiction of events. Overall I was disappointed in this film. I think its downfall was it's over-reliance on Mark and lack of access to the church. They just didn't have enough content for an entire film.