After debuting at Telluride, A24’s 174‑minute doc follows Nathan Fielder as he films Elizabeth Holmes in the weeks before her prison term.
A fresh trailer for A24’s documentary You Can See Everything hit the web today, and it puts comedian‑turned‑interviewer Nathan Fielder face‑to‑face with Elizabeth Holmes as she counts down to prison. The one‑minute clip, shown at the Telluride Film Festival, captures a tense stare‑down where Holmes says, “I don’t have anything to deceive you on,” before the camera pulls back to reveal Fielder’s dead‑pan grin.
The film, clocking in at 174 minutes, follows Holmes during the thirty‑four days she spent out of jail and the first few weeks after she was transferred to a federal facility. According to the official logline, a skeptical crew is invited into her world, turning what begins as a portrait of an “enigmatic felon” into a three‑year‑long descent into “the abyss.”
Variety’s Owen Gleiberman, who attended the Telluride screening, called the piece “a one‑of‑a‑kind reality‑TV‑as‑hangout‑movie psychodrama circus,” adding that Fielder’s “acidly quizzical personality” anchors the chaos. Clayton Davis, also writing for Variety, noted that the documentary “keeps escalating in strangeness across its three‑year span” and that audience members left the venue “shell‑shocked,” trading words like “wild” and “WTF?” on the gondola line.
JoBlo’s coverage highlights Fielder’s unusual pedigree – a top‑ranked Canadian business graduate who once performed magic tricks – and suggests his past work on Nathan For You and The Rehearsal prepared him for this “wild and weird” foray into Holmes’s world. The outlet points out that Holmes, whose company Theranos once boasted a nine‑billion‑dollar valuation before collapsing, actually cooperated with the project, allowing Fielder to move in with her as she prepared for incarceration.
The documentary arrives on the heels of Hulu’s limited series The Dropout, which dramatized Holmes’s rise and fall with Amanda Seyfried in the lead. While The Dropout relied on reenactments, You Can See Everything promises raw, unscripted moments – a claim that has already sparked debate among early viewers about how unrepentant Holmes appears on camera.
And the buzz isn’t limited to critics. Social feeds are already buzzing with reactions to the trailer’s eerie intimacy, and the film’s Oct 16 theatrical release is being penciled in as a potential awards‑season contender. So far, the consensus is that the documentary will be as unsettling as it is fascinating, a rare blend of comedy, crime and courtroom drama.
The next step? Audiences will get to see whether Fielder’s deadpan interview style can pry open any new truths about the Theranos saga, or if the film simply adds another layer to an already over‑documented story. Either way, the October release promises a viewing experience that will keep both tech watchers and documentary fans glued to their seats.
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