As a science nerd I was intrigued by the simplicity and sense of plausibility to the plotline. There is no book and I can find no existence of Dr. Laura Gale Phd. I think this was a very artistically innovative way to make a movie during the Covid19 pandemic to feed an audience begging for input to dull their insanity. So kudos to director for finding a way to make a buck in 2020 and distract us for a few minutes. I can honestly say after watching I wanted it all to be true but in reality suspect none of it is.
38 Reviews
For Groovidad
dlbottla3 February 2021
Agreed that it is just more disinformation. I can personally say that there is something that has been happening, or coming in and out of dimension's etc. on our planet for a very long time. From my personal experience and belief is that is just evil.
The first thing you need to understand or ask of any of these so called experts or whistle blowers etc, especially these aatip and so called tied in experts is why none of them, zero, announce or acknowledge that we, the U.S. govt. has had a C.rash R.ecovery P.rotocal or A.C.R.P. for a very long time. Since before the end of ww2. Thousands of regular military personal such as myself were pulled into this protocol over the decades yet none of these people ever mention it.
Why, because they are just part of the disinfo campaign. Literally none of these people have ever told the truth.
My experience was what ever they were it was pure evil. Now, not everyone will agree, not even everyone that was on the mountain that night. But, that was my take down to my core being. These people never tell the truth. I will leave you with this thought. Do you honestly, honestly, think we jumped over 150 years or more in technology basically overnight by chance. I don't think so.. we just are not that smart lol... well we get around to it, but it generally takes us a long time historically lol.
This, I guess you can call it entertainment... There is really two camps... the whacko's who think everything is "ancient aliens", NOT, and the camp that is hiding what ever the real truth is. Me, I believe the true answer may just be biblical... Technology has and is necessary for who ever wants to reach the whole world and try and control it... think about that one... kinda explains the whole seeding of technology over the decades...
Anyway, don't look for any truth's out of this one... just fiction, not a true life story as they claim... BS
Sci-Fi Definitely Not, Just Another less than average Documentary about UFOs.
bjackson-739-45055227 December 2020
This is actually a UFO documentary, sort of, and a very dry one at that. With Mandy May Cheetham playing the part of Laura Gale being interviewed, I'm left wondering why not use the actual footage of Laura being interviewed? If it even exists, it might have been an improvement. After about 10 minutes of watching, I just couldn't handle any more, overly long pauses, voice from a black screen, and slow drawn out speech, so I started over at 2X play speed. About 30 min in I slowed to 1.4X because it started to get interesting. That's the way it stayed till the end, barely interesting even at 1.4X playback speed.
Seriously Flawed (Pseudo)Documentary
thatistaken12 January 2021
One highly opinionated woman holds forth melodramatically for what seems like forever. Even a half-hearted attempt at editing out the interminable "dramatic pauses" would cut the length by 75%.
As a veteran of watching dozens of UFO documentaries, I can tell you there is nothing here that hasn't been included in other films, and more interestingly, I might add. There are more UFO documentaries to see than most people will ever have time for. Skipping over this one will most likely lead to seeing something much more interesting and informative.
Unwatachable
ellvis-4054813 January 2021
Not worth a fraction of your time.
I_should_be_reading_a_book4 February 2021
My rating sould be 0.1/10.
If curiosity really gets the best of you go find and get the subtitle on the web and read it. You will get the whole of the plot without investing more than an hour listening to a monotonous narration and watching a black screen with flashing lights. It's an excercise in moronic depression caused by the pandemic quarantine.
Create this yourself at home
albanread17 January 2021
Instead of watching this film make your own pointless monologue about how you worked for a secret organization with a friend, let's call him Paul.
Describe lights you saw in the sky and sea.
Stand in front of a black curtain while you speak.
Include some shots of a lava lamp.
A great way to spend an hour and a half
xinrus31 December 2020
Genre: NOT Documentary.... is a Sci-fi
calmirio8 February 2021
Do not waste your time. Nothing here.
kevin-howland1 January 2021
Loneliness in the increasingly connected 21st century by way of UFO phenomena
Snatchr28 December 2020
Because it's not that we're alone in the universe - that much is a statistical impossibility - but that we are not alone, and nobody cares. Humanity is the ever-present blinking light of an unread message in the dark corner of the room.
Obviously fiction (I mean, if the explicit disclaimer in the credits didn't tip you off, or the presentation as a whole then I worry for your brain!) but it doesn't matter. The Gulf of Silence isn't made to deceive, unlike the majority of UFO media, but rather to strike to the vulnerable, fleshy core of the phenomenon and the people most affected by it. Not with a sensationalist, smooth brained and popcorn gargling farcical take, but something utterly personal and heart breakingly relatable.
Whether you're involved in this field or any other similarly maligned by the greater populace, provided you're not some soulless grifter that is, chances are you've been in some of the places Laura Gale has been. Endured the same jokes, snorts, the deaths of social units and the crippling, anxiety induced self sabotage in response. (insert alienation pun here?)
If The Gulf of Silence achieves anything its the absolute realisation of a relatable, grounded protagonist divulging an account so credible within a genre so often bogged down in trashy, tabloid junk more concerned with making its viewer feel special, chosen and important. Maybe that's why it's currently being brigaded with one stars and being "reviewed" by filmgoers that unironically watch things at 2x speed and call people "females".
Also its very funny.
Obviously fiction (I mean, if the explicit disclaimer in the credits didn't tip you off, or the presentation as a whole then I worry for your brain!) but it doesn't matter. The Gulf of Silence isn't made to deceive, unlike the majority of UFO media, but rather to strike to the vulnerable, fleshy core of the phenomenon and the people most affected by it. Not with a sensationalist, smooth brained and popcorn gargling farcical take, but something utterly personal and heart breakingly relatable.
Whether you're involved in this field or any other similarly maligned by the greater populace, provided you're not some soulless grifter that is, chances are you've been in some of the places Laura Gale has been. Endured the same jokes, snorts, the deaths of social units and the crippling, anxiety induced self sabotage in response. (insert alienation pun here?)
If The Gulf of Silence achieves anything its the absolute realisation of a relatable, grounded protagonist divulging an account so credible within a genre so often bogged down in trashy, tabloid junk more concerned with making its viewer feel special, chosen and important. Maybe that's why it's currently being brigaded with one stars and being "reviewed" by filmgoers that unironically watch things at 2x speed and call people "females".
Also its very funny.
SHE IS THE MISINFORMATION
ricktbaron8 June 2021
ABOUT HALFWAY THRU IT BECAME CLEAR THAT SHE WAS IN FACT THE ONE BEING DECEPTIVE AND MISLEADING ABT WHAT SHE BELIEVES. CLEARLY, THIS MOVIE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ALLOED TO BE MADE IF SHE STATED THINGS TO BE THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT SHE CLAIMS.... MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE, NO LOGIC TO HER CLAIMS AS SHE DOES A COMPLETE 180.
ONE SH KEEP IN MIND THAT IN ORDER FOR SOMETHING TO B BELIEVEABLE, THERE HAS TO BE SOME TRUTH TO THE MATTER AS SHE PURPORTS TO BE.
DO NOT WASTE UR TIME.
ONE SH KEEP IN MIND THAT IN ORDER FOR SOMETHING TO B BELIEVEABLE, THERE HAS TO BE SOME TRUTH TO THE MATTER AS SHE PURPORTS TO BE.
DO NOT WASTE UR TIME.
Believable but not true
steelmagnolia-293257 February 2021
The actress did a good job, I had to go back to the title page to find out it was not a documentary. At last, we would have something tangible if this movie had really been a documentary. Right now, I feel stock between "Are there aliens?", Is it a conspiracy? Are they bad, are they good? After viewing the documentaries "Underground" and "Unacknowledged" I have to say I am a bit confused on what is really going on ...
A beautifully rendered painting of a pile of excrement.
artistwriter-547053 January 2021
As someone who has been involved in the UFOlogy and disclosure movement for about the last 25 years, I had hoped that this was not yet another work of fiction. Sure enough with a cursory search of the internet, it is 100 percent fiction.
I am disappointed in the fact that this person did such a great job of putting this together only to have the rug pulled out from under me with it being a complete fabrication. That is the problem with a lot of these things, is that they don't help further the cause, or create more curiosity. This is almost worse than the Stan Romanek fiasco because this was actually watchable, and had a lot of heart behind it.
20 minutes into this film I figured it was not quite right and with a simple internet search could not find any Laura Gale PHD, nor could I find any books or writings by the person that the actress portrays.
As much as I would like to give this praise for what it does, I have to be critical of what it is not. It is not real, it is not factual, and amazon and other outlets tout it as being real, or at the very least, involving the real people who experienced these things. Irritation does not even begin to describe the level of contempt I have.
I actually hoped this was real, and factual. Thanks for making me even more skeptical than I already am.
I am disappointed in the fact that this person did such a great job of putting this together only to have the rug pulled out from under me with it being a complete fabrication. That is the problem with a lot of these things, is that they don't help further the cause, or create more curiosity. This is almost worse than the Stan Romanek fiasco because this was actually watchable, and had a lot of heart behind it.
20 minutes into this film I figured it was not quite right and with a simple internet search could not find any Laura Gale PHD, nor could I find any books or writings by the person that the actress portrays.
As much as I would like to give this praise for what it does, I have to be critical of what it is not. It is not real, it is not factual, and amazon and other outlets tout it as being real, or at the very least, involving the real people who experienced these things. Irritation does not even begin to describe the level of contempt I have.
I actually hoped this was real, and factual. Thanks for making me even more skeptical than I already am.
Dreadful...
eskimosound24 January 2021
I couldn't stand more than 10 minutes and I fast forwarded 7 of those. The obnoxious story telling of the actress was driving me insane. I came to this thinking it was real but it became immediately apparent she was an actress. I very rarely give a 1 but sorry I would have given this a 0. Conceited and self important. Do not watch this movie.
An exhausting level of tedium, and a puddle of complete pointlessness.
marylh-481024 January 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This is a Mockumentary and a poor one at that. The actress playing the part of a Marine Biologist should not give up her day job and needs to tone down the purple lipstick, eye-rolls and waitress outfit. The first 60 minutes was a "poor me" saga of nonsense being spouted by the so-called "actress" about how she was shunned by the scientific community for blowing the whistle on UFO's. They even managed to bring in a lesbi@n love triangle, her alleged female boss being in love with her. This script could have been written by a 9 year old who watched too many episodes of the x-files and Days Of Our Lives. There ARE a few small nuggets of truth:
a) Rick Doty is a fraud and a disinformation air-force agent who drove a decent man (PB) to madness. He is a disgusting human being who now goes on the UFO circuit shilling his wares.
b) Roswell was a weather balloon and not a UFO crash with alien bodies. Project Mogul was real.
c) There are no underground alien experimental bases at Area 51 and there are no captive aliens who eat strawberry ice cream, and
d) Alien abductions are not real, they are a form of sleep paralysis which is absolutely terrifying - something I've experienced for myself many times especially when I've taken melatonin for jet-lag. Its a hallucination and paralysis that feels real but is not.
Those hypno-regression quacks who prey on the vulnerable and plant thoughts of alien abductions into the minds of troubled individuals are cruel and very wrong.
These little kernels of truth in the mockumentary are correct. The rest is pure hogwash. Don't waste your time watching this ridiculous drivel - doing a good house clean or mowing the lawn is a better use of 90 minutes. What was rather ironic was that the actress who played the part of the wronged "scientist" is Mandy May Cheetham. I cannot help but wonder if she is affiliated with the law firm Dewey, Cheetham and Howe??? Buyer beware, you have been warned!
These little kernels of truth in the mockumentary are correct. The rest is pure hogwash. Don't waste your time watching this ridiculous drivel - doing a good house clean or mowing the lawn is a better use of 90 minutes. What was rather ironic was that the actress who played the part of the wronged "scientist" is Mandy May Cheetham. I cannot help but wonder if she is affiliated with the law firm Dewey, Cheetham and Howe??? Buyer beware, you have been warned!
Not worth your time - and it asks for a LOT of it.
joe662931 December 2020
An hour and 25 minutes of a slow, nasal, condescending, self-important woman fantasizing how she was "selected" to become some kind of UFO expert by "the government". She also claims to give the viewer the "truth" of what's gone on here on Earth ... and she basically regurgitates a few months' worth of high school "science" class factoids including how life on Earh formed (cough).
If you came to this looking for a genuine whistle-blower, you should know that it's all fiction - and very sloooow fiction at that. I watched it at 1.5X speed to get through it faster. It probably would have been easier to stomach without the amazingly annoying soundtrack ... like 80 minutes of someone running their fingernails down a chalkboard - but there you have it.
There are much better ways to spend your time and attention.
If you came to this looking for a genuine whistle-blower, you should know that it's all fiction - and very sloooow fiction at that. I watched it at 1.5X speed to get through it faster. It probably would have been easier to stomach without the amazingly annoying soundtrack ... like 80 minutes of someone running their fingernails down a chalkboard - but there you have it.
There are much better ways to spend your time and attention.
NOT Real
paulquick-758283 January 2021
Don't mind the smooth brained haters, they just don't understand the concept of fiction
scottkelston29 December 2020
A cursory google will tell you that the main character of the film doesn't exist, so why is the film getting reviewed badly by people who feel like they're being lied to? Bruce Springsteen never worked a day in his life, but his dad worked in a factory for decades. He took what he saw and ignored the small truth's to try to tell a big truth. Would these reviewers begrudge The Boss' working class credentials in the same way that they're begrudging this film for its ambiguous relationship to reality?
A movie that so plausible it creates doubts
jemamberstone-2910520 June 2021
When she comments about how would aliens survive .... breathing etc.? Then about sleep paralysis, one begins to think this is very plausible. I am seen up close saucers (written in my own books) and feel I have been abducted many times, so I had to rate it 7 for giving me doubts! Right after I finished watching I too googled her and the book, but this website was the one I read first, so now I say "haha, you nearly had me, Dr Gale!" Anyway what is real?
CRINGE WORTHY
jgraley-7328513 April 2021
Great movie to enjoy
corrosiveblade31 December 2020
Simple, believable story well told
gregflakus4 January 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I am not a big UFO enthusiast, but in these days of pandemic I have found amusement in some SciFi films and a few documentaries about UFOs and the possibility of extraterrestrial creatures cruising around earth. A good one is "Phenomenon," narrated by the excellent Peter Coyote, so you know it's all true. I came across "The Gulf of Silence" on Amazon and thought it might be fun to watch for five or ten minutes, just to see what it is.
It grabbed my attention and held it all the way to the end. I completely forgot that this was not a real documentary and got caught up in the story. It is fascinating, funny, sad, scary and mentally engaging. The acting by Mandy May Cheetham was very convincing. She did a great job of making the character real.
But what really impressed me is that this whole film is just a series of clips from various "interviews" with the subject, a woman who once worked for highly secret government agency that investigated UFOs. In between those segments are some flashing light sequences, some blurry shots of L.A. at night taken from a car, some computer generated images of flying saucers and alien spacecraft, and a few shots of drawings, newspaper headlines and book covers. That's it. The filmmakers managed to grab my attention and hold me with the well-paced story, told by an attractive and very believable woman and not much else. The only other film of this type that I recall finding entertaining was "Swimming to Cambodia" from way back in 1987. In that movie you also had a person (Spalding Gray) sitting down telling a story to the camera with a few cutaways to other locales and scenes from the movie "The Killing Fields." Gray held you in the palm of his hand for the length of the film.
Some believers in alien space ships visiting earth may be bothered by some of the glib points she makes in this film, but remember this is fiction. More to the point, though, is the clever jibe at the whole UFO Conspiracy business and entertainment sector. It works in part as a good satire. But it also has convincing drama in regard to the character's personal life and how it was disrupted by her experience witnessing an incident. Then there is her story about Rachel, the head of the government team. We only know a little about her, but somehow she emerges as a real person as well and we feel something for her as well. Now that is great storytelling!
It grabbed my attention and held it all the way to the end. I completely forgot that this was not a real documentary and got caught up in the story. It is fascinating, funny, sad, scary and mentally engaging. The acting by Mandy May Cheetham was very convincing. She did a great job of making the character real.
But what really impressed me is that this whole film is just a series of clips from various "interviews" with the subject, a woman who once worked for highly secret government agency that investigated UFOs. In between those segments are some flashing light sequences, some blurry shots of L.A. at night taken from a car, some computer generated images of flying saucers and alien spacecraft, and a few shots of drawings, newspaper headlines and book covers. That's it. The filmmakers managed to grab my attention and hold me with the well-paced story, told by an attractive and very believable woman and not much else. The only other film of this type that I recall finding entertaining was "Swimming to Cambodia" from way back in 1987. In that movie you also had a person (Spalding Gray) sitting down telling a story to the camera with a few cutaways to other locales and scenes from the movie "The Killing Fields." Gray held you in the palm of his hand for the length of the film.
Some believers in alien space ships visiting earth may be bothered by some of the glib points she makes in this film, but remember this is fiction. More to the point, though, is the clever jibe at the whole UFO Conspiracy business and entertainment sector. It works in part as a good satire. But it also has convincing drama in regard to the character's personal life and how it was disrupted by her experience witnessing an incident. Then there is her story about Rachel, the head of the government team. We only know a little about her, but somehow she emerges as a real person as well and we feel something for her as well. Now that is great storytelling!
WASTE OF TIME!
zeascarlett28 January 2021
I actually wasted 32 minutes of my time, I believed it was an actual documentary but its a mockumentary! The only thing this actress was great at was getting the audience to dislike her arrogant personality I literally stopped the film when she said Bob Lazar was a fraud. People don't waste your time ,her obnoxious voice gave me a headache.
HORRIBLE editing!
ronniactor9 February 2021
I could only manage 12 minutes. The picture kept cutting out every few seconds, to the point where I actually thought there was a fault with my streaming service!
Just a horrible, horrible format. It's like watching a slow strobe light. Who the hell edits like this?!
Just a horrible, horrible format. It's like watching a slow strobe light. Who the hell edits like this?!
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