Hulu’s new Elizabeth Holmes drama “The Dropout” is supremely watchable, with solid-to-great performances and a story so audacious you wouldn’t believe it if it weren’t based on real life. Yet this jaw-dropping true story ultimately feels less like a truly original piece of television than something just a touch formulaic. Here's TV critic Caroline Siede's review.
the Silicon Valley drama "Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber," Peacock’s "Joe vs. Carole" and the upcoming series "WeCrashed." Beneath the sheen of their movie star casts and glossy cinematography, these kinds of limited series are often just a little bit rote in the way they stretch out their stories to fill an 8-10 episode order. Hanging over them is the question of whether they might have been better as a two-hour movie than a lengthy miniseries.
Hulu’s new Elizabeth Holmes drama "The Dropout" fits squarely into that mold — and that’s not entirely a knock against it. Like a lot of these ripped-from-the-headlines series, "The Dropout" is supremely watchable, with solid-to-great performances and a story so audacious you wouldn’t believe it if it weren’t based on real life. Yet this jaw-dropping true story ultimately feels less like a truly original piece of television than something just a touch formulaic.
. The "Mamma Mia" star plays Holmes, the would-be biotech entrepreneur turned convicted fraudster, from her late high school years through her mid-30s, a period that includes the rise and fall of Theranos, her health tech startup that promised portable, accessible health screenings from a single drop of blood.
Seyfried excels at locking into Elizabeth’s odd duck qualities, particularly the way her noble big-picture aims clash with her lack of small-scale interpersonal empathy. There’s a stunner of a scene in which Elizabeth coldly examines the emotions of a stranger and then applies them, as an actor might, in a last ditch effort to save her role in her company — weaponizing her age and gender as tools she can use to manipulate those around her.
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