You Can See Everything Proves Holmes is Still on the Same B.S.

At the age of 19, Elizabeth Homes dropped out of Stanford University and became the Princess of Silicon Valley after creating Theranos.  This multi-billion dollar healthcare technology startup was poised to revolutionize microfluidics with technology that would be able to run hundreds of the most common blood tests using only a few drops of blood Alongside her then boyfriend Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, Holmes raised $945 million from powerful billionaires including Rupert Murdoch and Larry Ellison. Then, it all came crashing down.

After a 2015 Wall Street journal piece broke revealing the accuracy of Theranos products and how it relied on third-party testing for results, multiple federal investigations, civil and criminal lawsuits were filed claiming fraud, forcing the CEO to return 18.9 million shares of Theranos and step down from her own company – plummeting its net worth to zero.

Holmes stood trial for criminal wire fraud and conspiracy, became involved with Billy Evans (hotel heir turned entrepreneur), became a Mom, sentenced to 135 months (11.25 years) in prison and ordered to pay millions in restitution to former investors.  Her rise and fall has been the subject of an award-winning HBO documentary, acclaimed Hulu miniseries that won an Emmy Award and Golden globe for Amanda Seyfried for her portrayal of Holmes.

Not having spoken to media since 2016 and thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, Holmes invited directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim to document her every move.   What begins as an intimate portrait becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.

Having screened this originally at the 2026 Telluride Film Festival, I walked away with a definitive point of view this woman learned nothing from her past discretions and heavily relies on her feminine wiles to twist fate in her favor.  As intelligent as Holmes is, her ability to tap into common sense is non-existent with those steely, non blinkable baby blues still invoking an empty, nobody’s home gaze.  The entitled ingenuine energy is on full display, as is with her other half Billy.

Throughout the course of this film, it becomes glaringly apparent the cinematic duo filmmakers are being used as a means to promote and draw attention to Holmes’ delusional launch of Theranos 2.o.  Feeling like a mockumentary meeting of a soapy Real Housewives spinoff, a few moments really stuck to my subconscious leaving behind a sea of doubt.

When asked if she has ever lied in her life,  Holmes responds ” I don’t think so.”  REALLY???!!!  The moment slightly featured in the trailer when she insinuates the Fielder take a swim with her in the ocean, demonstrating flirting through an elongated gaze or claiming not to be able to cry in front of others while manufacturing a single tear down her face is eerily reminiscent of the scene with Denzel Washington from his award-winning performance in “Glory.” All of which is clearly smells like a calculated performance for empathy at the current dilemma.

Clearly, I have drawn my line in the sand with this one.  Yet, the only time I felt any empathy was during a conversation she had with prison officials about her daily routine behind bars while looking into her child’s eyes.  As a child, I couldn’t imagine what my life would may looked like if my Mom or Dad had been behind bars at any time in my lif and especially during my formative years.  It was heartbreaking to watch how uncomfortable her parents were around Billy or his ability to lurk into frame at the precise moment a kernal of important info was about to be dropped. It all felt just a little too convenient and at times made Fielder look like a stalker within his own film.

You Can See Everything paves the way for a new method of non-fiction documentary filmmaking from Fielder and Oppenheimer shifting the landscape in the doc world into new horizons.  Love or hate her, this film will undoubtedly incite invigorating conversations and the side you end up on will grossly depend on whether or not audiences fall for the smokescreen…yet again.