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The film blurs lines between documentary, theater, and self-aware performance.

Body language often contradicts words, creating unease and ambiguity throughout the film.

Despite unprecedented access, the documentary questions if seeing truly equals understanding.

You Can See Everything, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, is a revolutionary piece of filmmaking that blurs the boundaries between documentary, reality, and storytelling.

Elizabeth Holmes founded Theranos, a Silicon Valley company that promised to transform healthcare by performing hundreds of blood tests using just a few drops of blood. The technology failed to deliver on those promises, and Holmes was eventually convicted of defrauding investors and sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison.

In 2023, shortly before reporting to prison, Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, invited filmmakers into their rented beachfront home in Del Mar, California. The documentary offers an intimate look into Holmes' life during those final weeks of freedom. We watch her prepare, both psychologically and practically, for her impending prison sentence, spend time with her two young children, navigate her relationship with Evans, and continue revisiting the technology and ambitions behind Theranos. Through zoomed-in conversations, ordinary domestic moments, and uncomfortable exchanges, we are given seemingly unprecedented access to one of Silicon Valley's most controversial figures.

When a Documentary Becomes Theater

You Can See Everything blurs the boundaries between documentary filmmaking, reality, and storytelling.

The cameras capture intimate family interactions, uncomfortable conversations, and ordinary domestic routines, but the deliberately composed shots and extraordinary close-ups give the film a theatrical quality.

Amanda Seyfried, who portrayed Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout, returns to play Holmes, this time with the intention of understanding the real woman, reenacting conversations and........

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