Compelling if occasionally slow viewing.

Propelled by ample vintage video footage from local and national news covering the situation at the time, the documentary also benefits from contemporary interviews.

Although it might seem counterintuitive, part of what makes the series compelling (and seriously bingeable) is its relatability.

It's an often bizarre story that is, like any good yarn, full of twists and unforgettable characters.

Sheela [is] a flinty ball-buster who is the incongruous star of one of the best documentaries I've seen in a while.

Isn't it just like a cult leader to let a powerful woman do all the work and then take the fall?

Were they all that different from the first pilgrims who came to America? Watch and go figure.

The tale of the Rajneesh commune in Oregon is a tale of regular people (and some extraordinary ones) in all of their beautiful, violent, loving, greedy, generous, selfish, ecstatic, manipulative, messy glory. And that's what makes it so good.

Hey, it is still an exhaustive and utterly absorbing piece of work by brothers Maclain and Chapman Way.

Forget all the click-baity reviews dubbing Wild Wild Country a "sex cult doc" - the truth is far more complicated and fascinating than a group of horny hippies living on a commune.

What's exceptional about Wild Wild Country is its episodic treatment manages to make the cult attractive: a sense of purpose, self-realisation, free love.

Wild Wild Country is hella addictive.

It's a twisty story that goes to very shocking and unexpected places.

Wild Wild Country is a veritable treasure trove of fascination.

Superb doc explores religious freedom, cults, xenophobia.