Film Review – Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Scientology is too immense of a subject for a single two-hour documentary to explore. It’s a religion with cult-like tendencies, and an entity that prides itself on secrecy, shunning the outside world. According to “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,” fear is what drives the organization. Fear of exposure, with its myriad of oddities and destructive teachings revealing just how Scientology uses it power to keep its members in line. Director Alex Gibney doesn’t provide many answers, but his use of eyewitness accounts and insider footage is impressively shaped, generating an introductory understanding of church practices while rubbing fingertips over lasting scars, working to finally question an organization that’s resisted prying eyes for 60 years. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com