My Scientology Movie
2015 · Movie · 99 min · ★ 6.6 · 76% critics
After being denied access to a secretive religious organization’s headquarters, a filmmaker heads to Los Angeles and stages dramatized re-enactments with help from a former insider. As the production ramps up, the team faces pushback, surveillance, and intimidation that raises the stakes and blurs the line between investigation and confrontation.
Also known as Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2016-05-05
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (301 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you’re into documentaries about secretive groups and the uneasy cat-and-mouse of making them, especially if you’ve seen Holy Hell; Not for you if you want a calm, comprehensive explainer without confrontations.
Pros: unusual re-enactment approach; tense real-world confrontations; intriguing subject matter | Cons: uneven focus; repetitive audition segments; limited new revelations
Themes
- mind control
- manipulation
- religion
- scientology
- religious cult
- investigative journalism
- religious delusions
- cautionary
- egotistical
- arrogant
- authoritarian
Cast & crew
Louis Theroux
as Self
- TV
Tom De Vocht
as Self
- MR
Marty Rathbun
as Self
- JH
Jefferson Hawkins
as Self
Andrew Perez
as David Miscavige
- MH
Marc Headley
as Self
Paz de la Huerta
as Self
- RA
Rob Alter
as Tom Cruise
David Miscavige
as Self (archive footage)
Tom Cruise
as Self (Archive Footage)
Directed by John Dower