You Can See Everything - Movie Review

You Can See Everything — Review Summary

Jeremy Jahns reviews You Can See Everything, a documentary that follows Elizabeth Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, during the month before Holmes goes to prison for fraud. Holmes, the founder of Theranos, once claimed the company could run many blood tests from a single drop. The film revisits her story from her perspective, though Jahns cautions that this doesn’t mean viewers can trust what she or Evans says.

What Works

The film’s most striking dynamic is the pairing of Holmes with director Nathan Fielder. His deliberately serious, slightly awkward on-camera manner makes their evasive exchanges feel both funny and tense. Fielder keeps pressing when they dodge questions, leaving viewers to wonder whether Holmes is being candid, performing for the cameras, or convinced by her own version of events. Jahns is especially intrigued by a scene in which Fielder shows Holmes a piece of entertainment and asks what she sees.

Jahns praises the film’s polished, thriller-like look and its unusual blend of investigative documentary and deadpan comedy. He also appreciates how it gives the familiar Theranos story a fresh angle, raising the uncomfortable question of whether Holmes was a deliberate con artist or someone deluded about her own invention.

The review includes a joke comparing the danger of spending a month with a convicted fraudster to spending a month with Steven Seagal and starting to believe his stories about fighting the Yakuza.

What Doesn’t Work

Jahns thinks the film runs far too long—about three hours—and becomes less compelling in its second half. Because some events weren’t captured on camera, the documentary increasingly relies on Fielder’s observations, which Jahns finds unsatisfying. He also feels the ending offers little closure.

People Mentioned

• Jeremy Jahns — reviewer
• Nathan Fielder — director
• Lance Oppenheim
• Elizabeth Holmes
• Billy Evans
• Steven Seagal — mentioned in a joke