Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie
LOUIS THEROUX: MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE is Louis Theroux's first feature documentary, created in collaboration with director John Dower and double Academy Award winning producer Simon Chinn.
Following a long fascination with the religion, and with a lot of experience dealing with eccentric human behaviour, incomparable British broadcaster Louis Theroux wont take no for an answer when his request to enter the Church of Scientologys Los Angeles headquarters is turned down. Therouxs insatiable curiosity motivates him to understand what life inside the Church is really like, and with the aid of former second-in-command at the Church, Mark Marty Rathbun, he uses actors to replay incidents people claim they experienced with high profile members such as Tom Cruise and leader David Miscavige. Suffused with a good dose of humour and moments worthy of a Hollywood script, LOUIS THEROUX: MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE proves that what people do in the name of religion can be truly stranger than fiction.
Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie Reviews
“What Theroux's film really drives home is the performative nature of the church; everyone is acting, following a script, and only Miscavige knows the ending.” – The Vine
“Between the oddball set pieces and documentary muckraking, Theroux is slyly exploring the psychopathy at the heart of this organization.” – Flavorwire
“As fascinating and bizarre as Scientology itself, My Scientology Movie is unique among documentaries for its individual, humorous approach to a very strange subject.” – We Got This Covered