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Nathan Fielder's 'You Can See Everything' Surprises at Box Office
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In Short: The documentary 'You Can See Everything,' directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, surprised audiences and critics with its unconventional approach and compelling subject matter, opening with an estimated $15 million domestically, according to Variety and JustJared.
According to Entertainment Weekly and IndieWire, the film follows Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced Theranos founder, in the 34 days leading up to her federal prison sentence in May 2023. Holmes, who is currently serving an 11-year sentence for fraud and conspiracy, invited Fielder and Oppenheim to document her life during this period.
In a trailer clip, Holmes tells Fielder, “It took me a really long time to be okay with letting someone see me cry,” as reported by Entertainment Weekly. Fielder, known for his absurdist comedy shows like 'Nathan For You' and 'The Rehearsal,' expressed his struggle to understand his experience with Holmes, saying, “I really am struggling to this day to understand exactly what I experienced,” as quoted by Entertainment Weekly.
The film's unconventional approach, as detailed by IndieWire and SlashFilm, involved using a single camera and a small crew, which Oppenheim described as a 'disaster.' Fielder, who initially produced the project, quickly picked up on the limitations of this approach.
Despite the unconventional methods, the film has garnered significant attention. IndieWire and BBC (United Kingdom) noted that the documentary premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and has since been praised for its potential to contend in both best documentary and best picture races.
The film's opening weekend success, as reported by Variety and JustJared, has strengthened its case for Oscar consideration. Fielder and Oppenheim revealed in a Q&A following the New York Film Festival premiere that communication with Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, broke down as the project progressed.
The accounts from Entertainment Weekly, IndieWire, and the BBC (United Kingdom) agree that 'You Can See Everything' is a surprising and compelling documentary that offers a unique perspective on Elizabeth Holmes and her journey leading up to her prison sentence.
Background
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's documentary 'You Can See Everything' surprised audiences and critics alike with its unconventional approach and compelling subject matter.
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's documentary, "You Can See Everything," explores the mind of Elizabeth Holmes, the convicted fraudster and former Theranos CEO.
You Can See Everything is a 2026 American experimental meta-documentary film directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. It follows Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the defunct health technology company Theranos, and her partner Billy Evans, who invited a film crew to document them beginning in the weeks before Holmes began serving a United States federal prison sentence for defrauding investors.
What's confirmed
- Co-directors Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder came aboard the documentary project just weeks before its subject, Elizabeth Holmes, was scheduled to report to the Federal Prison Camp in Bryant, Texas, to serve an 11-year sentence for defrauding her Theranos investors.
- Directed by Nathan Fielder ("The Rehearsal") and Lance Oppenheim ("Primetime"), A24's "You Can See Everything" defied expectations at the box office on its opening weekend.
What's still developing
- “One of the things I’m genuinely excited about is for this movie to come out and for people to help me understand what I experienced.” You Can See Everything opens in theaters on Oct.
- And despite his history, Fielder is still unable to reckon with what he went through with Holmes.
- “Nathan was very adamant from the jump with me, ‘I’m going to produce this, you’re going to direct this,’” said Oppenheim on IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast.
- So Ash, before we get into all there is to unpack, tell me, what was your knowledge of both Holmes and of Fielder’s work leading up to seeing this movie?
- As Sarah just wrote in today’s site intro, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s You Can See Everything opened big at the box office this weekend, strengthening its case for the Oscars.
- As I watched Elizabeth Holmes tell Nathan Fielder that she has never lied in her entire life, I kept thinking back to one time I’m pretty sure she lied to me.
- I signed, I heard, and then I saw, counting myself among the few dozen people who’d screened You Can See Everything before the film debuted in the first days of September as a secret addition to the Telluride Film Festival.
- In the first half of the film, she digs up the Theranos blood testing device, exploded into its many components, lays them all out the kitchen table, and tells Fielder that this was the Theranos device that could run any test … if they had developed the chemistries for those tests.
- The murky, dense rock song that will play over the end credits of Oppenheim’s narrative film debut — he co-directed Nathan Fielder’s buzzy Elizabeth Holmes doc You Can See Everything — alongside an original score from the director’s frequent collaborator Ari Balouzian.
- First came the laptop harness from “The Rehearsal.” Now it’s a pair of $8 headphones from “ You Can See Everything.” Once again, Nathan Fielder has become an unlikely source of affordable Halloween costume inspiration, this time courtesy of his buzzy Elizabeth Holmes documentary.
- Instead of focusing exclusively on the rise and collapse of her company, Fielder and Oppenheim turned their cameras toward Holmes herself, her family and the life she was attempting to build after the collapse of her public image.
- “I think this is the moment in time to capture this story before I’m gone,” says Holmes, who insists she did nothing wrong.