- Network: HBO
- Series Premiere Date: Mar 18, 2019
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings
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Mixed: 2 out of 14
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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon ValleyYour Score0 out of 10User ScoreGenerally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings
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Mar 26, 2019While it's definitely an interesting story, there just wasn't enough content to justify the 2hr run time. One hour would have been pushing it IMO.
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Holmes commands the screen as if it belongs to her. She surely must have known all along that it would. Much of the footage here is of the dog-and-pony variety, once commissioned by Theranos and designed to sell the con. But it's so high-gloss--so weirdly hypnotic--that neither Gibney nor "The Inventor" can get to the real human behind the image. A shortcoming of the film? Sure, but the only one. Must watch.
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In two hours, Gibney does an efficient job of recapping the rise of Theranos to a $10 billion valuation and its epic fall. ... But Gibney never quite connects the dots between Holmes and the factors that facilitated her rise.
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As competent as it is, the film just doesn’t bite very hard.