SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “You Can See Everything,” now playing in theaters. After building massive buzz from its surprise premiere at the Telluride Film Festival last month, A24’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” is finally here. The incredibly secretive film was made by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim ahead of Holmes’ 11-year prison sentence from her Theranos fraud case.
Holmes and her partner Billy Evans invited Fielder, Oppenheim and their crew into their home to film, and Fielder even ends up living with the couple 24/7 for full access. The three-hour documentary has a lot to unpack about Holmes, Evans and their bizarre relationship, but we’ve tried to narrow down the most WTF moments below. So many of the spoilers for “You Can See Everything” have been under heavy protection in the weeks leading up to its release, but we can now dive deep into everything about the movie.
The biggest reveal is that Amanda Seyfried returns to play Holmes after her Emmy-winning performance in Hulu’s 2022 limited series “The Dropout.” Fielder recruits her and “Girls” alum Christopher Abbott to play Holmes and Evans in recreations of private conversations between them and Fielder. For fans of Fielder’s HBO series “The Rehearsal,” using stand-ins to reenact moments like that is nothing new, but getting actual A-list celebrities is next-level for the comedian. In addition to being a documentary about Holmes and Evans’ lives, the movie blurs a line between Fielder as an interviewer and his own evolving relationship with the subjects.
It’s nearly impossible to tell when Holmes, a convicted fraudster, is telling the truth, lying or simply is too far removed from reality to distinguish the difference between the two. Evans is also well-versed deception and manipulation, and he plays a larger role in the film after Holmes’ incarceration. See some of the most shocking, mind-boggling and WTF moments from “You Can See Everything” below.
The most jaw-dropping moment of the documentary — and the most heavily guarded — has to be Seyfried joining the film as herself and also playing Holmes. About halfway through the doc, Fielder recruits Seyfried to get her take on his odd interactions with Holmes, since she won an Emmy for playing the Theranos founder on Hulu’s “The Dropout.” Seyfried’s role in the movie soon snowballs into her getting back into character and re-enacting real conversations that Fielder had with Holmes. Her participation also serves as a way for the actress to mentally unpack and reckon with playing Holmes on TV, which caused many people to think “The Dropout” was more factual than it actually was.
In another surprise celebrity moment, “East of Eden” and “X-Men” star Abbott plays Evans alongside Seyfried as Holmes. The two actors re-create a meeting that Fielder, Oppenheim and their A24 team had with the real Holmes and Evans before filming began. Abbott then returns later in the doc as they re-enact Fielder’s meeting with Holmes in prison.
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