Nathan Fielder Debuts Elizabeth Holmes Documentary

Nathan Fielder's film revisits Elizabeth Holmes through a strange, empathetic lens.

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Updated Oct 16, 3:48pm ET

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What happened

Filmmakers Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim debuted “You Can See Everything,” a nearly three-hour documentary about Elizabeth Holmes before prison. The film follows Holmes and her family in the weeks before she reported in 2023. Holmes founded Theranos, whose blood-testing technology failed to work as promised. She was convicted of defrauding investors, acquitted of defrauding patients, and sentenced to about 11 years. Holmes maintains she committed no crime, while the court convicted her of investor fraud. Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, invited the filmmakers into home life with their two young children, hoping to vindicate her. The film opened in U.S. theaters after a secretive Telluride premiere.

How each side covered it

From the left

Left-leaning outlets framed the film as a cinematic puzzle about performance, identity and truth, not a standard fraud recap. CNN cast it as an inventive documentary event that reshapes the form. The New York Times emphasized Fielder’s reality-blurring comedy as a match for Holmes. Mother Jones focused on whether close access can reveal anyone’s inner life.

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