Just over a month before starting an 11-year prison sentence, Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes let comedian Nathan Fielder into her home. The results are nothing less than sublime.
In the crowded field of Silicon Valley swindlers, few have been compulsively cross-examined by the public like Elizabeth Holmes.
The implosion of Theranos, which Holmes built on the fanciful innovation of pin-prick blood tests, inspired a frenzy of breathless news coverage, books, podcasts, documentaries, and an Emmy-awarded miniseries starring Amanda Seyfried.
Yet, the enigmatic lustre of the the woman behind the black turtleneck and windswept hair remains impervious to overexposure.
Despite facing time in jail, Holmes invites Nathan Fielder (The Rehearsal) and Lance Oppenheim (Primetime) to document her life for a month with seemingly uncurtailed access. By the end, even the filmmakers struggle to comprehend what exactly they've filmed.
The resulting three-hour documentary, You Can See Everything, has become a record-breaking sensation in the month it's taken to reach Australian and New Zealand shores. Its surprise announcement trailer (dropping merely weeks before release) unleashed a viral wave parodying Holmes's glassy eyes and animatronic rigidity.
Online discourse has already pried open each spoiler detail of the film, transforming social media into a minefield. Everyone, from writer Lena Dunham to Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shulz, has weighed in.
