“Apple Cider Vinegar,” on Netflix, is the latest scammer docudrama, another galling true story zhuzhed up for maximum bingeyness. This one is about two scams, though: an Australian woman ...

Watch the Apple Cider Vinegar Trailer The Netflix series is based on The Woman Who Fooled the World, a 2017 book about Gibson's cancer scam written by journalists Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano.

Apple Cider Vinegar 's reflection on the true crime genre is still somewhat fascinating, but in the end, like so much of the show, it just lacks the depth or focus to get at the root of the issue.

Kaitlyn Dever, who plays Belle Gibson in Apple Cider Vinegar, poses for photographers upon arrival at the Bafta Film Awards, in central London, Sunday, Feb. 2 2020. Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP ...