Recounting the rise and fall of Belle Gibson, an Australian snake-oil saleswoman who made a name for herself via a wellness business that was predicated on lies and fraud, Apple Cider Vinegar is another entry in the burgeoning subgenre of stories about entrepreneurial female hucksters that also includes Inventing Anna and The Dropout.

Kaitlyn Dever stars in a six-episode dramatization of the scandal surrounding Belle Gibson, who pretended to have brain cancer while promoting her nutrition program to her followers online.

"Apple Cider Vinegar," starring Kaitlyn Dever as Australian wellness scammer Belle Gibson, premieres Feb. 6 on Netflix.

Crucial to that success is star Kaitlyn Dever, who has the unenviable challenge of playing Belle; an individual who could politely be described as incomprehensible. On the famously impolite internet, she has been labelled with far less flattering adjectives.

FandomWire reviews Apple Cider Vinegar, a new telling of the Belle Gibson scam story. After pretending to have terminal cancer, Gibson was outted.

Though it veers into the farcical, there’s teeth to this tale of how a wellness influencer lied her way to fame

Apple Cider Vinegar lands on Netflix next month and tells the true story of Belle Gibson, who fooled the world into thinking she had brain cancer

While the series feels desperate to engage with the dark side of wellness culture, it doesn’t necessarily have much to say.

The series, titled Apple Cider Vinegar, which premieres on February 6, traces the so-called health guru's rise to fame on social media. She amassed a large following after asserting that she had cured her own brain tumor using natural remedies and nutrition.