Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything hits theaters with perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

The verdict: If you've got three hours and want to see the Theranos founder up close before prison, critics loved it—but know you're watching a con artist who's still working the camera.

The documentary You Can See Everything opened in theaters this week and pulled $1.7 million from Thursday previews. It's directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, runs 174 minutes, and earned a perfect 100% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes.

The subject is Elizabeth Holmes, the Theranos founder convicted of fraud. Fielder—who made Nathan for You on Comedy Central and The Rehearsal on HBO—and Oppenheim spent 34 days filming Holmes and her husband Billy Evans before she went to prison. The couple has two young children.

What the documentary shows

A24 distributed the film, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival. At nearly three hours, it's a lot of Elizabeth Holmes for anyone to sit through.

Reviews say the film lets Holmes speak for herself, which means you're either watching Fielder give her enough rope or watching her work the camera one more time. Some outlets say it allows empathy; others wonder if the directors got played.

The Theranos story refresher

Holmes founded Theranos in 2003, claiming the company could run hundreds of tests from a drop of blood. Investors dumped in hundreds of millions. The technology was a lie, patients got bad results, and Holmes was convicted of fraud in 2022. Amanda Seyfried played her in Hulu's The Dropout.

This isn't a dramatization. It's Holmes on camera with her husband and kids right before heading to prison.

Is it worth three hours?

Critics say yes. A 100% on Rotten Tomatoes is rare for anything, especially a documentary about a convicted fraudster. Whether you think Holmes got a fair shake or conned the directors one last time depends on your own read.

If you followed the Theranos story or watched The Dropout, this is the real woman behind the black turtleneck and the fake deep voice. If you didn't, it's still a story about ambition, lies and what people will believe when someone looks the part.