Summary
- Elizabeth Holmes became globally known through Theranos and was later convicted of defrauding investors.
- You Can See Everything follows the final weeks before she went to prison.
Elizabeth Holmes, the Theranos founder who was convicted of defrauding investors, is back in the spotlight in You Can See Everything, the new documentary from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim distributed by A24.
Holmes became one of Silicon Valley’s most recognisable figures after claiming that Theranos could run a large number of blood tests using only a tiny finger-prick sample. The story collapsed when serious gaps emerged between the company’s promises and the actual capabilities of its technology.
The documentary’s full trailer was released on 23 September, and Fast Company recorded about 3.9 million views in roughly one day, ahead of the film’s scheduled theatrical release on 16 October 2026.
Who is Elizabeth Holmes and what was Theranos?
Holmes founded Theranos around the promise that a small finger-prick blood sample could be used for many different tests through the company’s own technology. Theranos attracted hundreds of millions of dollars from investors and for years was presented as one of the most striking stories in the US technology sector.
In 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission charged Theranos, Holmes and former company president Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani with raising more than $700 million from investors through false or misleading statements about the company’s technology, business and financial performance. Among other things, the SEC said Theranos’s proprietary analyser could in fact perform only a limited number of tests and that the company ran most patient tests on conventional analysers made by other manufacturers.
The criminal case followed a separate path. In January 2022, a federal jury convicted Holmes of one count of conspiracy to defraud investors and three counts of wire fraud against individual investors. She was acquitted of the patient-related fraud conspiracy count and three counts involving individual patients. In November 2022, she was sentenced to 135 months — 11 years and three months — in federal prison.
Why You Can See Everything is not a conventional true-crime documentary
The film begins 34 days before Holmes goes to prison. According to the official synopsis and coverage of its premiere, she allows a sceptical film crew to document her daily life, with Fielder spending time in the home she shares with her partner Billy Evans and their children. What starts as an intimate portrait develops into a three-year filmmaking process.
The approach is unusual because Fielder does not remain invisible behind the camera. He becomes part of the narrative, challenges what he is told and turns the relationship between filmmaker and subject into part of the film itself. Accounts from the Telluride premiere describe a work that mixes observation, reenactment and a constant tension between reality and construction.
The trailer puts Holmes directly against Nathan Fielder’s questions
In the full trailer, Fielder directly asks Holmes whether she believes she did anything wrong and how she thinks she ended up where she is. He also turns his questions towards Billy Evans, while the central tension becomes clear: what can a camera actually reveal when the person in front of it knows they are being watched continuously?
The response was immediate. Fast Company recorded roughly 3.9 million YouTube views within about a day of publication, with the video climbing the movie-trailer trending charts.
A secret Telluride premiere and a nearly three-hour runtime
You Can See Everything was unveiled at the Telluride Film Festival through a secret screening, with the film’s identity withheld until the event. It runs for 174 minutes, just under three hours, and A24 has set its theatrical release for 16 October 2026.
What we think
For documentary filmmakers, the interest goes beyond the already well-known Theranos case. The more significant element is how Fielder and Oppenheim appear to make the act of filming visible, examining access, image control and the extent to which the presence of a camera changes what happens in front of it.
Frequently asked questions
Why was Elizabeth Holmes convicted?
A federal jury convicted her of one count of conspiracy to defraud investors and three counts of wire fraud against investors. She was sentenced to 135 months in prison.
What did Theranos claim it could do?
Theranos claimed it could perform a large number of blood tests using a very small finger-prick sample. The SEC later said its proprietary technology could perform only a limited number of tests and that many tests were run on conventional machines.
Who directed You Can See Everything?
The documentary is directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.
When is the film released and how long is it?
A24 has set the theatrical release for 16 October 2026. The published runtime is 174 minutes.
