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Journalist and filmmaker David Farrier (Tickled, Dark Tourist) unwittingly stumbles into a game of cat and mouse with a mystery man creating havoc in his neighborhood, wheel-clamping cars at a local antique store. That clamper was Michael Organ, and little did Farrier know that delving deeper into who Organ really is would be a thrilling and tension-filled three-year-long investigation -- unearthing a trail of multiple court cases, inflated claims of royal bloodlines, ruined lives, and at least one stolen boat.

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Mister Organ lures the viewer in with its stranger-than-fiction setup before revealing itself to be far darker and more complex -- not to mention rewarding -- than it initially appears.

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Mister Organ | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Amy Nicholson FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) An unhinged character study. Nov 1, 2023 Full Review Mister Organ | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle It's less an examination of the psyche of one man than a PSA about manipulators. Rated: 3/5 Oct 12, 2023 Full Review Mister Organ | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Nick Allen RogerEbert.com At the risk of his sanity, Farrier has bottled one of the darkest ways a law-abiding human can be made. Rated: 3.5/4 Oct 12, 2023 Full Review Mister Organ | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Farah Cheded A Good Movie To Watch Even if it winds up feeling like Organ is precisely the last person you should make this kind of documentary about [...] Farrier inadvertently gives us a handy PSA of sorts: if you ever meet someone who reminds you of Organ, run. Apr 19, 2024 Full Review Mister Organ | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Carmen Paddock TAKE ONE Magazine Farrier's gutsy exploration and ability to dredge the most bizarre happenings to the surface put Louis Theroux to shame. Nov 29, 2023 Full Review Mister Organ | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Nadine Whitney AWFJ.org Mister Organ is the kind of documentary one needs to experience along with Farrier. When Farrier isn’t feeling as threatened as he should a new piece of information pops up to expand on Organ’s grip over people and the numerous ways he has ruined lives Nov 4, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steven D Farrier comes out as being a bit desperate and needy by the end at best….as a bit of a bully at worst. Overblown and trying to be something much bigger than what it is; a story about a pathetic little man. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/25/25 Full Review Rosina T Michael Organ was my next door neighbour 2008-2010. While I thought he was somewhat eccentric and unstable, I don’t think what happened to Farrier in his encounters with Michaelwarrants a doco. Clearly Michael isn’t the full quid and Farrier should’ve just left him alone. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/24/24 Full Review Daniel B Showing a guy who may or may not be on the straight and narrow does not a documentary make. This very much felt like something personal, and amounted to a lot of insinuations about bad behavior and not much of substance. There's lots of questionable people in the world, they don't all need documentaries about them. A waste of time. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/06/24 Full Review Shawn T One of the most boring documentaries I’ve ever seen! The story around Michael Organ is just not that interesting to justify an entire documentary film. At best this is barely interesting enough for a piece in a local newspaper or tabloid magazine. The filmmaker David Farrier seems desperate at times in attempting to make this Michael character seem evil and sinister but in reality he just seems like he has a slight mental illness and somewhat of an annoying guy. No twists no surprises just an annoying guy annoying people around him. The fact that David Farrier thought this was a story that he needed years to tell says more about him as a filmmaker than it does about the mentality ill Michael Organ. Don’t waste your time on this film it’s just not good. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/01/24 Full Review Ashton H This isn't a mind blowing documentary, it's easily something to put on in the background. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/22/24 Full Review Sean S This is an extremely boring documentary about a weird guy, who annoyed everyone around him and harassed them with fantastical lies, but nothing really of substance. It felt like the filmmakers wanted to make a documentary about him and hoped he was more nefarious than he actually was, and when he turned out not to be that dangerous, they continued making the documentary anyways. Also, David Farrier ironically seems to trespass and harass others throughout the whole film, in an attempt to show the audience how Michael Organ illegally trespassed and harassed others. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/20/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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David Farrier Director David Farrier Self Michael Organ Self Alex Reed Producer Emma Slade Producer Ant Timpson Producer
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Synopsis Journalist and filmmaker David Farrier (Tickled, Dark Tourist) unwittingly stumbles into a game of cat and mouse with a mystery man creating havoc in his neighborhood, wheel-clamping cars at a local antique store. That clamper was Michael Organ, and little did Farrier know that delving deeper into who Organ really is would be a thrilling and tension-filled three-year-long investigation -- unearthing a trail of multiple court cases, inflated claims of royal bloodlines, ruined lives, and at least one stolen boat.

Director
David Farrier

Producer
Alex Reed, Emma Slade, Ant Timpson, David Farrier

Distributor
Drafthouse Films

Production Co
Firefly Films

Genre
Documentary

Original Language
Australian English

Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 6, 2023, Limited

Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 21, 2023

Box Office (Gross USA)
$36.1K

Runtime
1h 36m
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