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The Dropout

The Dropout

2022
Drama, Biography
TV Mini-Series
TV series that chronicles Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' attempt to revolutionize the healthcare industry after dropping out of college and starting a technology company.

Created by:

Elizabeth Meriwether
Elizabeth-Meriwether
11 total credits
Elizabeth Meriwether has 11 credits at Criticker, including: No Strings Attached, New Girl and The Dropout

Directed by:

Michael Showalter
Michael-Showalter
41 total credits
Michael Showalter has 41 credits at Criticker, including: The Big Sick, Wet Hot American Summer, They Came Together, The Eyes of Tammy Faye and The Lovebirds
,
Francesca Gregorini
Francesca-Gregorini
9 total credits
Francesca Gregorini has 9 credits at Criticker, including: The Dropout, The Truth About Emanuel and Tanner Hall
,
Erica Watson
Erica-Watson
7 total credits
Erica Watson has 7 credits at Criticker, including: The Dropout, Melba Toast, Keep Ya Head Up, The First Blow and A New Life

Writers:

Elizabeth Meriwether
Elizabeth-Meriwether
11 total credits
Elizabeth Meriwether has 11 credits at Criticker, including: No Strings Attached, New Girl and The Dropout
,
Matt Lutsky
Matt-Lutsky
2 total credits
Matt Lutsky has 2 credits at Criticker, including: The Dropout and On Becoming A God In Central Florida
,
Wei-Ning Yu
Wei-Ning-Yu
3 total credits
Wei-Ning Yu has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Severance, The Dropout and Who Is Alive?
,
Sofya Levitsky-Weitz
Sofya-Levitsky-Weitz
3 total credits
Sofya Levitsky-Weitz has 3 credits at Criticker, including: The Dropout, Hands, Dogs, The Bear and Fishes

Starring:

William H. Macy
William-H-Macy
111 total credits
William Hall Macy, Jr. is an American actor and writer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. He is also a teacher and director in theater, film and television. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though he has appeared in summer action films as well. Macy has described his screen persona as "sort of a Middle American, WASPy, Lutheran kind of guy... Everyman"... (wikpedia)
,
Anne Archer
Anne-Archer
46 total credits
Anne Archer has 46 credits at Criticker, including: Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Fatal Attraction, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and Felon
,
Naveen Andrews
Naveen-Andrews
36 total credits
Naveen Andrews has 36 credits at Criticker, including: Planet Terror, The English Patient, Lost, The Brave One and Rollerball
,
Sam Waterston
Sam-Waterston
70 total credits
Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston is an American actor and occasional producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984's The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order. He has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, BAFTA- and Emmy Awards, having starred in over eighty film...(Wikipedia)
,
Kate Burton
Kate-Burton
34 total credits
Kate Burton has 34 credits at Criticker, including: 127 Hours, Big Trouble in Little China, Max Payne, Unfaithful and The Ice Storm
,
Laurie Metcalf
Laurie-Metcalf
45 total credits
Laurie Metcalf has 45 credits at Criticker, including: Toy Story, Scream 2, Lady Bird, Runaway Bride and Uncle Buck
,
Stephen Fry
Stephen-Fry
106 total credits
Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also included Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie...(Wikipedia)
,
Bill Irwin
Bill-Irwin
22 total credits
Bill Irwin has 22 credits at Criticker, including: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Manchurian Candidate, Lady in the Water, Rachel Getting Married and Igby Goes Down
,
Amanda Seyfried
Amanda-Seyfried
47 total credits
Amanda Seyfried has 47 credits at Criticker, including: Mean Girls, In Time, Mamma Mia!, Les Misérables and Jennifer's Body
,
Elizabeth Marvel
Elizabeth-Marvel
37 total credits
Elizabeth Marvel has 37 credits at Criticker, including: Burn After Reading, True Grit, Synecdoche, New York, Lincoln and A Most Violent Year
,
Michaela Watkins
Michaela-Watkins
36 total credits
Michaela Watkins has 36 credits at Criticker, including: Enough Said, Wanderlust, In a World..., Good Boys and Brigsby Bear

Genres:

Drama, Biography

Country:

USA

Language:

English

The Dropout

2022
Drama, Biography
TV Mini-Series
Avg Percentile 62.12% from 117 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

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Rated 16 May 2022
71
64th
The story of Theranos is really the epitome of start-up culture gone wrong, so it's good that it got a series that holds up. Seyfried is rightly getting a ton of praise--she's pitch perfect--but Naveen Andrews should also be in that conversation. His portrayal of Balwani is now the cornerstone for a schlubby-douche, which is a character you see all the time in real life (especially in corporate America) but not often enough in media.
Rated 08 Apr 2025
50
5th
Love the actually story but this was not well executed.
Rated 27 Aug 2024
90
75th
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Didn't know much about the situation beforehand, just headlines, but I watched a documentary afterwards and was amazed how closely they nailed it.
Rated 15 Apr 2023
60
13th
Nicely done. But too many characters I despise to really appreciate the show
Rated 16 Jan 2023
61
12th
The subject material is definitely interesting, but the pacing and plot reconstruction was so off for me that I found it difficult to get into. I was intrigued by Seyfried's portrayal of Homles' decent into deceit (though the pacing did rather detract from this). There are so many (quasi-)docudramas about wild scams and crime that you can no longer rest on the laurels of a fascinating real life event. You've gotta use the medium effectively. Production was clean, though not necessarily polished.
Rated 23 Dec 2022
70
64th
Great performances all around, especially from Seyfried and Andrews. Story wise, the second half felt rushed. A lot of important characters disappear and we never get to see how they reacted to Holmes and Theranos' downfall. Having watched the HBO documentary, it seems to me there was material for a whole lot more and this show would probably have benefited from one or two more episodes.
Rated 25 Jun 2022
65
59th
The story itself is amazing. The show is also good. Seyfried is AMAZING and the show keeps you intrigued.
Rated 07 Apr 2022
6
60th
Elizabeth Holmes is the perfect subject for a hit piece on startup culture and the issues that come with sociopathic and often immature people raising capital. They picked the right actress, Amanda played Elizabeth in a really uncanny way.
Rated 03 Mar 2022
85
72nd
Probably the most promising TV Series in 2022 so far. I've always intrigued by devastative life story of Elizabeth Holmes and first three episode were wonderful. Can't wait the rest! DAMN Amanda Seyfried deserves the bloody Emmy!

Cast & Info

Created by:

Elizabeth Meriwether
Elizabeth-Meriwether
11 total credits
Elizabeth Meriwether has 11 credits at Criticker, including: No Strings Attached, New Girl and The Dropout

Directed by:

Michael Showalter
Michael-Showalter
41 total credits
Michael Showalter has 41 credits at Criticker, including: The Big Sick, Wet Hot American Summer, They Came Together, The Eyes of Tammy Faye and The Lovebirds
,
Francesca Gregorini
Francesca-Gregorini
9 total credits
Francesca Gregorini has 9 credits at Criticker, including: The Dropout, The Truth About Emanuel and Tanner Hall
,
Erica Watson
Erica-Watson
7 total credits
Erica Watson has 7 credits at Criticker, including: The Dropout, Melba Toast, Keep Ya Head Up, The First Blow and A New Life

Writers:

Elizabeth Meriwether
Elizabeth-Meriwether
11 total credits
Elizabeth Meriwether has 11 credits at Criticker, including: No Strings Attached, New Girl and The Dropout
,
Matt Lutsky
Matt-Lutsky
2 total credits
Matt Lutsky has 2 credits at Criticker, including: The Dropout and On Becoming A God In Central Florida
,
Wei-Ning Yu
Wei-Ning-Yu
3 total credits
Wei-Ning Yu has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Severance, The Dropout and Who Is Alive?
,
Sofya Levitsky-Weitz
Sofya-Levitsky-Weitz
3 total credits
Sofya Levitsky-Weitz has 3 credits at Criticker, including: The Dropout, Hands, Dogs, The Bear and Fishes

Starring:

William H. Macy
William-H-Macy
111 total credits
William Hall Macy, Jr. is an American actor and writer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. He is also a teacher and director in theater, film and television. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though he has appeared in summer action films as well. Macy has described his screen persona as "sort of a Middle American, WASPy, Lutheran kind of guy... Everyman"... (wikpedia)
,
Anne Archer
Anne-Archer
46 total credits
Anne Archer has 46 credits at Criticker, including: Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Fatal Attraction, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and Felon
,
Naveen Andrews
Naveen-Andrews
36 total credits
Naveen Andrews has 36 credits at Criticker, including: Planet Terror, The English Patient, Lost, The Brave One and Rollerball
,
Sam Waterston
Sam-Waterston
70 total credits
Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston is an American actor and occasional producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984's The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order. He has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, BAFTA- and Emmy Awards, having starred in over eighty film...(Wikipedia)
,
Kate Burton
Kate-Burton
34 total credits
Kate Burton has 34 credits at Criticker, including: 127 Hours, Big Trouble in Little China, Max Payne, Unfaithful and The Ice Storm
,
Laurie Metcalf
Laurie-Metcalf
45 total credits
Laurie Metcalf has 45 credits at Criticker, including: Toy Story, Scream 2, Lady Bird, Runaway Bride and Uncle Buck
,
Stephen Fry
Stephen-Fry
106 total credits
Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also included Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie...(Wikipedia)
,
Bill Irwin
Bill-Irwin
22 total credits
Bill Irwin has 22 credits at Criticker, including: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Manchurian Candidate, Lady in the Water, Rachel Getting Married and Igby Goes Down
,
Amanda Seyfried
Amanda-Seyfried
47 total credits
Amanda Seyfried has 47 credits at Criticker, including: Mean Girls, In Time, Mamma Mia!, Les Misérables and Jennifer's Body
,
Elizabeth Marvel
Elizabeth-Marvel
37 total credits
Elizabeth Marvel has 37 credits at Criticker, including: Burn After Reading, True Grit, Synecdoche, New York, Lincoln and A Most Violent Year
,
Michaela Watkins
Michaela-Watkins
36 total credits
Michaela Watkins has 36 credits at Criticker, including: Enough Said, Wanderlust, In a World..., Good Boys and Brigsby Bear

Genres:

Drama, Biography

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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