
EPISODE 1.1
I'm in a Hurry
Elizabeth Holmes, an optimistic and determined young woman, drops out
... More of Stanford to found a promising new blood testing startup.LessAmanda Seyfried plays Elizabeth Holmes, the enigmatic Stanford dropout and founder of medical testing start-up Theranos, whose career was on a meteoric rise - and her company worth billions of dollars - when it was revealed that none of her company's medical tech actually worked. Co-stars Naveen Andrews (Sense8), William H. Macy (Bobby), Bill Irwin (Legion), and Michael Ironside (Nobody).
It was only a matter of time before someone adapted Holmes’ story to the screen... (The Dropout) is the first -- and its canny performances, writing, and directing should set a high bar for every other version to come.
Full reviewDelicate portraiture is where most scam shows falter and where The Dropout really pulls ahead of the competition.
Full reviewThe Dropout gets under your skin, passing the "Should I watch?" test with flying colors.
Full reviewThings really start to move in episode 7, which must be the worst thing you can read in a TV review.
Full reviewEven if (The Dropout) exists more as a surface-level primer than a deep-dive, stars Amanda Seyfried and Naveen Andrews make it compulsively watchable.
Full reviewIt’s a maddening, gripping, and at times startlingly funny recreation of a story that would feel too absurd to be true if we didn’t already know otherwise.
Full reviewAmanda Seyfried deftly conveys the brittleness of Holmes’s fake-it-till-you-make-it demeanour, but the series is slightly let down by foreshadowing, blunt symbolism.
Full reviewThe details are strikingly unembellished, but its the perspective-shifting storytelling that brims with imagination.
Full reviewThe limited series compounds both the gravity and ridiculousness of what Holmes did not achieve.
Full reviewThe Dropout refuses to ever fully lock on to a clear mission statement of its own, instead dutifully plowing through the facts of the case...
Full reviewThe Dropout: Miniseries is available to stream in New Zealand now on Disney+.
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