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‘You Can See Everything’ Review

by Sonny Bunch

Published 2026-10-13 18:31:09+00:00

Can a film tell the truth when the director and the subject are both famous for lying?

0:00 / 8:00 · Narrator Charon

Context

In the weeks before she went to prison for corporate fraud, Elizabeth Holmes invited a camera crew into her home. The director wasn't a standard journalist—it was Nathan Fielder, a filmmaker famous for blurring the line between documentary and fiction. Published on 13 October 2026, this review captures the strange collision of two professional manipulators. As Holmes calmly claims she has never told a single lie, Fielder seems to fall for her act. The piece asks a direct question: when a master of television deception films a convicted fraudster, can the audience trust anything on screen?

Show notes

A review of You Can See Everything, a documentary following Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in the weeks before she reported to prison. The review examines how co-director Nathan Fielder uses actors and staged scenes to blur the line between reality and performance. It questions whether the film captures a genuine portrait of a con artist or simply records another layer of manipulation by both the filmmaker and his subject.

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