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Caleb Masters reviews the highly anticipated Elizabeth Holmes documentary, You Can See Everything, co-directed by Nathan Fielder(Nathan for You, The Rehearsal) and Lance Oppenheim(Primetime, Ren Faire).
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You Can See Everything follows Fielder as he documents the lives of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, for the 34 days before she went to prison.
Every time you think you’ve finally honed in on the truth the film purports to reveal, Fielder throws another unimaginable curveball that forces you to question the reality of everything you just watched.
There is no certainty. It’s just an ever-elusive search for authenticity in a time when everyone’s performing for the camera.
That’s what makes You Can See Everything feel like a defining documentary for the post-truth, post-irony era we’re living in.
It’s a masterclass in deception. It uses movie magic at its most provocative to blur the lines between narrative and documentary, scripted and unscripted—all to interrogate cognitive dissonance and how easily our perception of reality can be manipulated.
No matter how ready you think you are, I promise you’re not prepared for the places this movie goes.
Lance Oppenheim’s co-direction takes Fielder’s penchant for bending reality from The Rehearsal to the next level, and the result is something remarkable. It’s one of the year’s best films. Go see it in theaters as soon as you can to avoid spoilers.
Letter Grade: A
About You Can See Everything
Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait becomes a mind-bending three-year journey.
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