The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
2019 · Movie · 119 min · ★ 7.0 · 72% critics
A groundbreaking blood-testing promise helps a young tech figure become a billionaire, likened to the next big visionary. But the company abruptly collapses, making this documentary a cautionary look at how deception can spread in Silicon Valley—driven by ambition, belief, and the desire to be revolutionary.
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-01-24
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (300 votes)
About
You’ll like it if you enjoy cautionary real-life fraud stories and want insight into how hype takes hold in tech culture; Not for you if you want a tightly paced, fully revealing documentary, like Capital in the Twenty-First Century or Agents of Chaos.
Pros: fascinating rise-and-fall; good context; engaging interviews | Cons: too much filler; repeats familiar beats; limited new detail
Themes
- technology
- fraud
- business
- medical research
- health documentary
Cast & crew
Elizabeth Holmes
as Self - CEO and Founder of Theranos (archive footage)
Alex Gibney
as Self - Narrator / Interviewer
Dan Ariely
as Self - Behavioral Economist
Roger Parloff
as Self - Fortune
- KA
Ken Auletta
as Self - The New Yorker
- EC
Erika Cheung
as Self - Lab Associate
- CG
Cheryl Gafner
as Self - Receptionist
- DP
Dave Philippides
as Self - Engineer
- DM
Douglas Matje
as Self - Biochemist
- RW
Ryan Wistort
as Self - Research & Development
Directed by Alex Gibney