This may go against the grain, but I don't like Amanda Seyfried in this role. She's not creepy enough; you don't notice the unblinking stare, the artificially low speaking voice and the other prototypical Elizabeth Holmes traits as much as you should. Frankly, the real Holmes was hard to look at, listen to and take seriously, and all of it was supremely noticeable. (I say "was," since she projects something/someone utterly different now with her age-appropriate, trust-fund-baby boyfriend.) Seyfried has mentioned that their script referred to Elizabeth 1.0 (pre-Theranos teenager and eventual Stanford dropout) and Elizabeth 2.0 (buttoned-up, automaton CEO), so I guess now we're firmly in the Elizabeth 3.0 era. The HBO documentary, "The Inventor," is much better at giving a true picture of the Elizabeths. I give this fictionalized version 6 out of 10 stars.
Review of The Dropout
