YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING – 2026’s Most Hard Hitting Documentary!

YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING is directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. The movie stars Fielder, Elizabeth Holmes, Billy Evans, and Amanda Seyfried.

Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO of failed medical supply company Theranos, has been sentenced to prison for defrauding investors. In the month before her sentence is to begin, she invites a documentary film crew into her home to observe her final days with her partner and their young children. But all the while, Holmes denies her guilt, even announcing plans to continue her medical legacy from behind bars, trying to recover her good name and do what she believes will help the public. Even after her sentence begins, further revelations and shady dealings continue to shock the film crew, as the creation of the documentary continues.

Medical breakthroughs being touted as the next big thing and then not being all they’re cracked up to be? Defrauding investors at every level of the public up to the highest men and women in the federal government? Funnily, we live in a world nowadays where these things aren’t exactly rare. The scandal of Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes, sentenced to prison time she kept trying to put off, is one such example and a highly publicized one. While I admittedly was not too familiar with this story (I tend to avoid the news these days, and perhaps rightly so), this certainly sounded like an interesting window into some not-so-pleasant dealings. While it’s perhaps too long (running nearly three hours) and goes in a few too many different directions, YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING is expertly made by a top-notch film crew, and shows Holmes and her family life from a different angle.

So… how exactly does YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING depict its subject? Even though this is the directorial debut of Nathan Fielder (who also appears in the film as himself during the interactions with Elizabeth Holmes and family), I never would’ve guessed this if I hadn’t known better. While clearly a friendly man, Fielder doesn’t shy away from ugly issues and wanting the cold hard truth. He clearly had no agenda in making this film; he never tries to make Elizabeth Holmes a sympathetic character, but certainly doesn’t outright vilify or demonize her either. Throughout the movie, Holmes more or less orchestrates her own downfall, completely in denial of any wrongdoing, to the point that she intends to relaunch her company and concepts by any means necessary despite it all! The woman looks and behaves like a pathological liar, perhaps more than anyone I’ve ever seen on the screen. Even after her prison time begins… to avoid going too much into spoiler territory, let’s just say those closest to her aren’t exactly model citizens either.

Although YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING is marketed as a documentary, that tag isn’t entirely accurate. To me, a documentary is something that tells a direct story from point A to point B, with interviews from experts and those involved and a combination of footage and news sources. If you’re coming in here expecting to see a simple doc on the downfall of Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, this isn’t that movie. In some ways it has more in common with reality television than a traditional doc, although the filmmakers clearly know what they’re doing, backing their subjects into awkward corners where they’re unable to conceive a straight answer. Some of the film’s most surprising and shocking revelations come in the second half… and let me say simply that some of it must be seen and heard to be believed.

The direction the doc takes in its second half is probably the strangest aspect, in which actress Amanda Seyfried enters the fold (Seyfried having previously portrayed Elizabeth Holmes in THE DROPOUT miniseries), utilizing her talents to re-enact events that would’ve been otherwise impossible to capture on film, including scenes of Holmes in a prison visiting area. Even Seyfried herself, who actually portrayed Holmes on camera, doesn’t seem thrilled about the woman she’s portraying, which further lends authenticity to this project… and just how much Holmes affected the public.

My one criticism of this film is whether it needed to be as long as it is, or if it needed to cover as much ground as it does. There’s practically enough content here for two entire documentaries, and I do wonder if it perhaps would’ve been more effective split in two. YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING is never boring, but it is a bit heavy handed and far reaching at times. I do question whether every single scene here needed to be included (did we really need a scene of Holmes’ partner taking a shower early in the film, where… wait for it… you can see everything?), though this critic still believes the effective aspects of the film outweigh the drawbacks.

YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING is a hard-hitting look into the life of a woman who isn’t exactly well liked by the public, and the film crew here does her no favors, while at the same time not vilifying her outright. Seeing these displays of pathological liars on open display for all the world is quite the revelation, and while it’s not an easy view at times, it’s a hard-hitting one that’s worth a view. Have you heard the expression that a movie must be seen to be believed? That’s certainly the case here. Though overlong and overblown at times, the film is shockingly relevant and truly showcases the talent of its filming and directorial crew.

Highly recommended, even if it’s not going to be for everyone.