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Matt Roush says...

Not since Inventing Anna‘s anti-heroine Anna Delvey have we met an operator as narcissistic and manipulative as Belle Gibson (the brilliant chameleon Kaitlyn Dever), the central figure of a stylized docudrama that bills itself as a “true story based on a lie.” Belle becomes an early Instagram star and wellness icon as she nurtures her brand with false claims of being a cancer survivor. Seeing through her toxic façade is Milla Blake (Fear the Walking Dead‘s formidable Alycia Debnam-Carey), an actual cancer survivor and online rival whose anti-science advocacy of holistic cancer treatments has its own drawbacks. Unlike Anna, which often felt like it was celebrating its fraudster’s schemes, Vinegar tartly deconstructs Belle’s warped psyche and the terrible effect she has on suffering patients. “She’s probably killing people with her lies,” warns a whistleblower.

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