Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Filmmaker Alex Gibney interviews former members of the Church of Scientology, gives us an in-depth look at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology, reveals abuses and strange practices within the controversial organization.
23 April 1922, Belle Plain, Iowa, USA
25 September 1929, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
24 June 1967, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
12 March 1960, New York City, New York, USA
22 May 1980, Tehran, Iran
3 July 1962, Syracuse, New York, USA
23 October 1953, New York City, New York, USA
18 August 1972
7 June 1958
10 March 1953, London, Ontario, Canada
22 January 1953, Santa Clara County, California, USA
13 March 1911, Tilden, Nebraska, USA
19 November 1933, Brooklyn, New York, USA
18 February 1954, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
July 10, 2016
It's a grand history lesson, and an impressively vigorous op-ed; but is it cinema? Reader, I do not wish to say that it is.
May 08, 2015
Gibney ... has a gift for showing the workings of complex social systems, and he lays things out clearly and in a well-aced fashion ...
April 02, 2015
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.
May 30, 2016
Gibney boils it down with skill, his cutting, construction, graphics, and score smoothly and seductively encapsulating Scientology's appeal.
May 02, 2017
Gibney makes another attempt to hole and sink [Scientology]. Hooray for him.
September 04, 2015
It's not a sense of outrage that viewers are left with. It's sadness.
May 07, 2015
You couldn't call Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief entertaining, exactly, but it is absolutely riveting.
March 27, 2017
Amongst a field of analysis which examines Scientology as a cabal of rich wackos gone wild on the taxpayer's dime, Going Clear thrives.
April 15, 2016
...a fair-minded expose that is decades overdue.
April 03, 2015
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.
April 25, 2016
An indispensable general history of the enduringly controversial church.
April 06, 2015
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.
