I saw a big billboard out front of the movie theater discussing this movie. The movie is a fictionalized account of L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology due to legal concerns actually naming the figures. I thought the performances by Phillip Seymour Hoffman as 'The Master' and Jouquin Phoenix as the wounded soldier were outstanding. The message about a false teacher was shown superbly by both the followers and those who see through the illusion. This movie isn't about Scientology so much as the message given about those spiritual teachers. I enjoyed this movie.