Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
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.
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
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Released Year: 2015
Runtime: 119 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Directors: Alex Gibney
Writers: Alex Gibney
Casts: Katie Holmes, John Travolta, Tom Cruise, Mimi Rogers, Paul Haggis, Kelly Preston, Jason Beghe, Karen Black, Jenna Elfman, Alex Gibney, Nancy Cartwright, Anne Archer, Sherry Stringfield, Isaac Hayes, Kirstie Alley, Lawrence Wright, L. Ron Hubbard, David Miscavige, Spanky Taylor, Marjorie Cameron, Mike Rinder, Tony Ortega, Antony A. Phillips
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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.
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Reviews
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Entertainment Weekly -
If Going Clear were a Hollywood thriller, I’d complain that it’s too over-the-top. But this is real life, which is hard to believe. And it’s disturbingly good.
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The Hollywood Reporter -
This impeccably assembled and argued film represents a brave, timely intervention into debates around the organization that have been simmering for some time.
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Variety -
For Scientologists, going clear refers to a coveted status awarded to those who have completed a certain level of auditing. But for the men and women on screen here, it means something else: reclaiming their own voices and demanding to be heard.
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RogerEbert.com -
Gibney crams as much material as possible into a quick two hours (he really knows how to edit and pace a piece like this one as it feels much shorter) and yet, to be fair, there’s still an angle missing just by virtue of the fact that he couldn’t get anyone from the Church of Scientology today on camera.
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IndieWire -
Going Clear delivers an efficient overview of Scientology's dark history with a cohesive focus on the precision of its corrupt motives.
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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.
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.
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.
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.