'You Can See Everything': 20 Most WTF Moments in Elizabeth Holmes Documentary, From Full Nudity to Charlie Kirk's Scream
Spoiler alert: This article contains major spoilers for You Can See Everything, which is in theaters now. A24's Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything is finally here, after generating a lot of buzz from its surprise premiere at the Telluride Film Festival last month. This super secret film was made by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim […]
Spoiler alert: This article contains major spoilers for You Can See Everything, which is in theaters now.
A24's Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything is finally here, after generating a lot of buzz from its surprise premiere at the Telluride Film Festival last month.
The top-secret film was made by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim before Holmes was sentenced to 11 years in prison for his Theranos fraud case. Holmes and his partner Billy Evans invited Fielder, Oppenheim and their crew to their home for filming, and Fielder even lives with the couple for full 24-hour access. The three-hour documentary has a lot to unpack about Holmes, Evans and their strange relationship, but we've tried to narrow down the most WTF moments below.
A lot of You Can See Everything spoilers have been heavily guarded in the weeks leading up to its release, but now we can dive into everything about the film. The biggest reveal is that Amanda Seyfried will return to play Holmes in 2022 after her Emmy-winning performance in the Hulu limited series "The Dropout." Fielder hires her and Christopher Abbott, one of the "Girls" alums, to act as Holmes and Evans in private conversations between them and Fielder. For fans of Fielder's HBO series "The Rehearsal," using stand-ins to recreate such moments is nothing new, but enlisting real A-list celebrities is next-level for the comedian.
In addition to being a documentary about the lives of Holmes and Evans, the film blurs the line between Fielder as interviewer and his own evolving relationship with his subjects. It's nearly impossible to tell when Holmes, a convicted con artist, is telling the truth, lying, or simply so far from reality that he can tell the difference between the two. Evans is also good at deception and manipulation and plays a bigger role in the film after Holmes is imprisoned.
Check out some of the most shocking, shocking, and WTF moments from "You Can See Everything" below.
The documentary's most stunning moment — and heavily guarded — has to be when Seyfried joins the film as herself, also playing Holmes. About halfway through, Fielder recruits Seyfried to take him on about her strange interactions with Holmes, since he won an Emmy for his portrayal of the founder of Theranos in Hulu's "Leaving." Seyfried's role in the film will soon see her return to character and recreate Fielder's actual conversations with Holmes. Her involvement is also a way for the actress to open up and take stock of playing Holmes on TV, which made many people think "The Leave" was more real than it was.
In another surprising celebrity moment, East of Eden and X-Men star Abbott plays Evans alongside Seyfried as Holmes. The two actors recreate the meeting that Fielder, Oppenheim and their A24 team had with the real Holmes and Evans before filming began. Abbott returns later in the documentary as they re-enact Fielder's meeting with Holmes in prison. Abbott and Seyfried had previously starred together in The Ann Lee Testament, which was probably why she was cast in the film.
Early in the film, Fielder is interviewing Holmes and Evans as they cook breakfast at home. Holmes is whisking the eggs and talking to Fielder when Evans suddenly takes the bowl from his partner and begins to whisk the eggs himself. Given this brief awkward moment, Fielder asks why Evans did it, and Holmes replies that Evans thought he wasn't preparing the eggs the right way and that he could do it faster. It's a quick moment, but it shows early on that Evans can control Holmes' life, even down to the smallest details.
In an early and awkward moment, Evans is filmed working out at a gym and then showered completely naked at home. It is a shocking and disturbing scene that warns the audience that something may be wrong with Evans. Was it a power move or an alpha male move? Afterwards, he has an awkward moment with Fielder when he walks past the director wearing only a towel.
Convicted of defrauding Theranos investors, Holmes claims he has never told a lie in his life — not even a little white lie. Fielder grills him about this early in the film, but Holmes can't help thinking what he said. It remains a mystery how Holmes is able to separate his version of himself from the actual reality, especially after being convicted of fraud.
The uniqueness of the document's title is never explicitly explained, but it refers to a strange text from Holmes to Fielder that appears to have been sent while he was on the beach with Evans. It then transpires that the pair agree to have Fielder live with them 24 hours a day to film the documentary, and Holmes writes, "You can see everything perfectly..." The text and meaning of which is never revealed by anyone in the film, so it's unclear whether this was a strangely friendly text from Holmes to Fielder or if there was some other reason behind it.
Fielder shows Holmes the famous Abbott and Costello comedy routine to try to get him to accept his confusing or deliberately misleading language about the failed Theranos technology. In an earlier scene, Holmes said that Theranos' blood test could work, but the scientific processes to make it work didn't exist yet - so it can't work now, but Holmes claims it still could. When asked if he was "the first?" It's funny, Holmes says "yes" but can't quite explain how funny it is. He can't see the connection between that and his deliberately vague statement and begins to tear up. Evans then says that she has her own beautiful view of the world and that's one of the reasons she loves him.
In an early confrontational moment, Evans interrupts an interview between Fielder and Holmes' father, where they discuss Holmes' personal relationships. Holmes' father was talking about Ramesh "Sonny" Balwani, Holmes' ex-boyfriend and chief executive of Theranos, who was also convicted of fraud. According to Holmes' father, Balwani, who is 19 years older than Holmes, was the real mastermind behind the Theranos case and manipulated the younger founder. When Fielder asks what Dad thinks of Evans and Holmes' relationship, Evans interrupts and tells him to end the interview. When they try to restart, Evans shuts it down again.
After Holmes says he hasn't seen "Leaving," Fielder shows his fictional Hulu series starring Amanda Seyfried as the founder of Theranos. Holmes and Evans sit on the bed with Fielder watching their reactions nearby, but it's too challenging and Holmes has to turn off the laptop. Seyfried won an Emmy for her portrayal of Holmes in 2022, and the series was nominated for Outstanding Limited Series.
Reported to prison, Holmes spends her last hours as a free woman with her family...while Fielder is uncomfortably close. To give him and Evans some time alone, Fielder offers to leave them alone so they can have sex one last time. They don't catch him on this, but they shower and freshen up before Holmes leaves to begin his sentence.
Before saying goodbye, Fielder has a present to give Holmes before his prison stay, but he prefaces it by saying it might be in bad taste. Holmes opens the gift and finds it to be hair dye and sunglasses, which Fielder explains as a prank in case he wants to escape from prison. Holmes's parents, watching in silence, are not fans of the present.
Fielder and Holmes have a wonderfully sweet, albeit awkward, goodbye before they go to jail. They hug, and a tearful Holmes tells Fielder that everything will be okay, even if he ends up in prison for 11 years. They linger and look at each for just a few too many seconds as the camera zooms in, which if this was a romance movie, you wouldn't be wrong to think they were about to kiss.
In another strange choice after Holmes is imprisoned, Evans scans his body and hires a company to create a real AI version of him. Evans places a large screen in his new home and can interact with Holmes' AI, which repeats his speech.
During a recreation of Fielder and Oppenheim's off-camera conversation with Holmes and Evans (played by Seyfried and Abbott), it was revealed that Evans had demanded payment for their participation in the documentary while Holmes had left. A24 had agreed to pay them, which severely affected the credibility of the entire project, which was supposed to be an independent look at the couple's life. The question then arises as to whether Holmes was aware of Evans' request for payment. Did he intentionally leave the room while Evans was negotiating so he could deny something about it? Or did Evans go after him while he was gone and demand his own pay? However, it was revealed in the end that Evans withdrew his request for payment after filming, although no further explanation is given.
On whether or not Holmes would confront Evans, Seyfried and Fielder knew he had asked to be paid for the evidence, and their conversation quickly became heated. Evans reveals that he posted from Holmes' verified account, replied to comments and even trolled people while posing as Holmes online. He also claims to have power of attorney over Holmes, which shocks and upsets Seyfried. As she speaks, Evans attacks the actress, saying she's only frustrated because she's faced backlash online for her comments about Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated days earlier. Evans then says that he supported Kirk's beliefs (which should come as no surprise to viewers).
When Seyfried and Fielder go to Evans, they are surprised when Holmes calls them from prison at the same time. Holmes spends most of his two-minute call talking to Evans and their children, but then Evans introduces Seyfried, who is sitting on the couch with them. She and Holmes have a brief but heartfelt conversation, though Seyfried is upset that Holmes is taking up precious time to talk to her children. This is the first and apparently only time the two have ever spoken, as Seyfried did not consult with the Theranos founder before starring in The Dropout.
After a contentious meeting with him and Seyfried, Fielder visits Evans once again, and things don't go well again. Evans reveals that he is armed 24/7 for his own safety and says he knows ways to hurt people, which makes him even more of a villain. His film also claims he has a pre-recorded video ready to be released publicly if he is killed in a targeted attack.
When Holmes is in prison, Evans moves houses to be closer to visiting him, which gives him the opportunity to buy several new pet reptiles. According to Vanity Fair, Evans owns an Argentine blue tegu, a corn snake, a curly-haired tarantula, blue death beetles and two Burmese forest tortoises. Tegu, a large lizard, roams the house freely as Fielder and Oppenheim film.
After Holmes goes to jail, Fielder tries to get him on the phone, but Evans tries to block the call. Evans explains that if the prison finds out that Holmes' phone call was recorded, he could be punished. At first, Fielder is in disbelief and presses for a call, and eventually Holmes arrives and calls out to him. But instead of hearing the actual voice, Fielder recreates it again, using Seyfried as the basis for Holmes.
The film ends with a quiet revelation: Holmes and Fielder had already gone swimming together while he was staying with her and Evans. It's not an explosive moment, but one that calls into question how much of Fielder and Holmes' relationship was a professional relationship versus a genuine friendship.