The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

Name: The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 15, 2019
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Bill Draper, Cheryl Gafner, Dan Ariely, Dave Philippide, David Boies

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Home Box Office (HBO) | Release Date: March 15, 2019 | TV-14

Starring: Bill Draper, Cheryl Gafner, Dan Ariely, Dave Philippide, David Boies, Douglas Matje, Elizabeth Holmes, Erika Cheung, Errol Morris, John Carreyrou, Patrick O'Neill, Ramesh Balwani, Roger Parloff, Tim Draper, Tyler Shultz

Summary: Alex Gibney directs a documentary investigating the rise and fall of Theranos, the one-time multibillion-dollar healthcare company founded by Elizabeth Holmes. In 2004, Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford to start a company that was going to revolutionize healthcare. In 2014, Theranos was valued at $9 billion, making Holmes, who wasAlex Gibney directs a documentary investigating the rise and fall of Theranos, the one-time multibillion-dollar healthcare company founded by Elizabeth Holmes. In 2004, Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford to start a company that was going to revolutionize healthcare. In 2014, Theranos was valued at $9 billion, making Holmes, who was touted as “the next Steve Jobs,” the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world. Just two years later, Theranos was cited as a “massive fraud” by the SEC, and its value was less than zero. [HBO]… Expand

Director: Alex Gibney

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 119 min

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RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Mar 19, 2019

It's a study in deception, and as told by filmmaker Alex Gibney ("Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room"), it's a disturbing and sad one. Read full review

The Playlist Lena Wilson

Mar 18, 2019

Blake Goble

Mar 18, 2019

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley offers tidy, compelling, and continued proof of Gibney’s skills in the art of delineation. Read full review

Justin Chang

Mar 14, 2019

The Inventor becomes less an exposé of white-collar crime than a study in the power of self-delusion and corporate megalomania. Gibney’s methods are simple but often brutally effective. Read full review

Chris Barsanti

Mar 15, 2019

Alex Gibney’s documentary tells a dramatic, if somewhat workmanlike, story of Silicon Valley hubris meeting old-fashioned scamming. Read full review

The Guardian Hubert Adjei-Kontoh

Mar 19, 2019

The fascinating story of Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos scandal is frustratingly underexplored in Alex Gibney’s disappointing new film. Read full review

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Trailesque

Jul 8, 2021

I am a huge Alex Gibney fan. Imo he is the most important documentary filmmaker working today (that I know of at least) and I try to see everything he does. Despite that, I have not given all of his films high marks, but this one scores in every way. Gibney is great at looking at the darkI am a huge Alex Gibney fan. Imo he is the most important documentary filmmaker working today (that I know of at least) and I try to see everything he does. Despite that, I have not given all of his films high marks, but this one scores in every way. Gibney is great at looking at the dark side of the American Dreamworld - the egomaniacs, the cracked visionaries, those with an unquenchable lust for power. Blood testing entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes is a perfect subject for him. With her baritone voice, big blue eyes, Steve Jobs black turtlenecks, and self-possessed demeanor, she is an archetypal figure, pursuing her impossible dream to the point of disaster for herself and many others. Despite all the harm she did, she does not come across as completely horrible. I had the feeling that, at the beginning at least, she probably meant well, but got in over her head. She was/is a marketing genius, but she wanted to be a scientific one.… Expand

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UncleWillard

Mar 27, 2019

This was a very engaging documentary. They really captured the fervor of Theranos and the salesmanship of Elizabeth Holmes. I was totally ready to drink the Kool-Aid, as testing is outrageously expensive and I'm not fan of only two companies being in the game. We got to watch as it all fellThis was a very engaging documentary. They really captured the fervor of Theranos and the salesmanship of Elizabeth Holmes. I was totally ready to drink the Kool-Aid, as testing is outrageously expensive and I'm not fan of only two companies being in the game. We got to watch as it all fell apart and in the end it asked a lot more questions than it answered. Number one, who was dumb enough to buy that a college drop-out with no degrees knew better how to do advanced medical testing better than doctors and the companies that had set the standards? I'd say Elizabeth Holmes was a conwoman, but I think she really had faith in her ability to deliver. Last I heard, though, she said "I don't know" 600 times in a deposition. She's the Bernie Maddoff of the medical testing industry.… Expand

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