At first glance, it seemed completely innocent: Keith Raniere’s self-help group had numerous celebrity and everyday devotees. All were looking to improve their lives. But among the group’s inner sanctum something much more sinister was at play. Driven by lust, greed and a desire to dominate, Raniere blackmailed, brainwashed, and branded handpicked female members who he subjugated and pushed into sexual slavery. Join us on a two-hour journey into the origins of a 21st Century cult. This is Branded & Brainwashed: Inside NXIVM.
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One of my all time favorites.
The acting in this movie is really good.
Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.