'You Can See Everything' Review
Director: Nathan Fielder. Lance Oppenheim.
Release Date: 10/16/26 [Cinemas]
Genre: Biography. Comedy. Crime. Documentary.
MPAA: Rated R.
Distributor: A24.
Runtime: 174 minutes.
The Verdict: A Must-See
Part of me feels as if I’ve been waiting years to write this. I, along with other die-hard Nathan Fielder fans, have known about his genius for years. Watching his fame explode, while exciting, feels a bit as if we’ve had to surrender our well-kept secret to the world. Parasocial? Maybe. But Nathan feels like ours, and the release of his new film, directed alongside Lance Oppenheim, was bound to catapult him to the next level.
The bizarre 3-hour documentary You Can See Everything is an amalgamation of everything longtime Fielder enjoyers have come to expect. The awkwardness, surrealness, humor, and heartfelt nature he’s shown us since Comedy Central’s Nathan For You are very much there. What differs from his earlier projects is that Nathan seems less in control here. Instead of us questioning his motives, he’s wondering whether someone else is playing him. That someone happens to be Elizabeth Holmes, the infamous founder of Theranos, who was convicted of defrauding investors out of millions of dollars before she was even old enough to drink legally. Holmes was the subject of a fascinating podcast and subsequent Hulu series titled The Dropout, both beneficial pieces of media for understanding the wild crimes for which she was convicted.
The film reveals that Holmes invited Fielder and his crew to stay with her, her husband Billy, and her two children in their beachside home in the weeks before her 2023 prison sentence began. Those familiar with his work's timeline will know this coincided directly with filming season 2 of The Rehearsal, in which Fielder taught himself to fly a 737 to improve communication between pilots and, in turn, make commercial airliners safer. Seriously, does the man ever sleep?
From the moment she invites Fielder (and us) into her home, we meet a side of Elizabeth Holmes, affectionately called “Liz,” we have never seen before. She’s nurturing, soft-spoken, and welcoming. She's rarely seen without holding or caring for one of her two small children. The agenda is clear: convince the world that she’s not some sociopathic monster, but a woman who was thrown off course while selflessly trying to change the world.
Fielder acts as the audience's eyes, and his uncertainty is palpable. Do we feel bad for her, or are we just victims in her decades-long con? Even Fielder, used to having the upper hand in emotional manipulation, can’t tell. It’s an intense emotional tug-of-war that is insanely uncomfortable, but good luck peeling your eyes away from the screen.
Many aspects of the movie have been sadly spoiled online, including an important cameo in the second half of the film. Perhaps nothing has been talked about more than Holmes’ husband Billy, an almost cartoonish villain who rivals some of the scariest people you’ve ever seen onscreen. He makes Holmes look sympathetic by comparison, but maybe that’s the point.
In the end, You Can See Everything is less about whether Elizabeth Holmes is a bad person. It’s about our ability to read people and trust their motivations, no matter how smart or intuitive we think we are. The film makes you question every interaction you’ve ever had, and highlights the expansive gray area between friendship, trust, and truth.
