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Summary In the docuseries Leah Remini interviews former Scientologists about their experiences.
- 2016
- TV-14
- A&E
- 2016
- TV-14
- A&E
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 29, 2016
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7.8
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Summary In the docuseries Leah Remini interviews former Scientologists about their experiences.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
65
56% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
44% Mixed
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4 Reviews
0% Negative
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As with previous installments, the victims’ stories are presented with relatively little sensationalism, and Remini remains a brassy but open-hearted presence. Season two promises to expose more sexual and physical abuse within Scientology’s ranks, and the premiere proved an auspiciously sensitive start.
What Scientology and the Aftermath lacks in cinematic polish and the caliber of familiar celebrities featured in “Going Clear”--director Paul Haggis, one of the most famous Hollywood adherents to publicly defect from the Church prior to Remini, led off Gibney’s documentary--is somewhat supplanted by Remini’s honest anger and frustration, both of which blaze across the screen in reaction to particularly damning revelations. Remini’s overall likability is this program’s most valuable asset.
Engrossing, but probably not as captivating as what's taking place to get the show to air. .... Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath will stir up some viewer emotions, but it's not a dynamic series, even with the added footage of Remini and Rinder in transit between interviews. It's a lot of sitting around talking, interspersed with footage from fairly innocuous Scientology promotional videos and event interviews.
The show, like so many unscripted series, can be repetitive. ... But in taking a light to an alley few dare to tread, Remini may have given some viewers out there more than a hope and a prayer.
[Remini] comes off as authentic, even if Scientology and the Aftermath can also seem self-serving.
Nothing much new here (based on the first hour), but Remini appears resolute, tough-talking and potentially formidable.
The production value is appreciable, but the unscripted moments are the most engaging. The third season of Leah Remini: Scientology and Aftermath promises to be ambitious and sprawling. If the show highlighted its less predictable moments instead of recycling well-rehearsed, information-dense interviews, it might begin to more effectively and earnestly answer its big questions.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 User Ratings
7.8
83% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
6% Mixed
2 Ratings
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11% Negative
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Production Company:
- No Seriously Productions
- The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC)
Initial Release Date: Nov 29, 2016
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
PGA Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
