Unlikely box office hit “You Can See Everything” is a nearly-three-hour documentary from comedic filmmaker Nathan Fielder. The movie follows disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, famously played by Amanda Seyfried in the Hulu series “The Dropout.” Essentially, Holmes defrauded investors by claiming to have breakthrough blood-testing technology that ultimately did not work properly. With an 11-year prison sentence looming, Holmes and her partner Billy Evans invited Fielder and his crew to live in their home and document their last month together for the foreseeable future.
The first part of the movie follows Holmes, as expected. Elizabeth and Billy are eccentric, but they play up relatable traits like loving their children and enjoying walks on the beach. There’s a strong whiff of the couple trying to “control the narrative” and get the audience on their side, especially during a frustrating sequence where they go over the exact verbiage that Elizabeth used in interviews and presentations. They want the audience to believe that Elizabeth isn’t guilty of the crimes that are sending her to prison, or at least that she didn’t know she was committing crimes. Fielder doesn’t know what to make of these claims, since clearly the couple is behaving…
