The New York Times: ‘My Scientology Movie,’ an Offbeat Inquiry

With a quirky résumé that includes two documentaries about the Westboro Baptist Church, the British journalist and filmmaker Louis Theroux has proved himself a seasoned chronicler of human eccentricity. His style can best be described as inoffensively resolute: He doesn’t badger, but neither does he back off.

That chummy persistence serves him well in “My Scientology Movie,” an offbeat attempt to illuminate the church’s psychological grip on its members. Denied access or interviews, Mr. Theroux and his director, John Dower, hit on the idea of using actors to recreate the insider practices described by the whistle-blower and former church disciplinarian Marty Rathbun — most notably, the abuse of senior officials at the hands of Scientology’s longtime leader, David Miscavige.

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