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You Can See Everything: Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes movie, explained (no spoilers)
By The Trends Incoming team · 2026-10-16
Nathan Fielder made a documentary about Elizabeth Holmes. If you've seen The Rehearsal, that sentence probably made you sit up. You Can See Everything, from A24, opens in US theaters today, Friday, October 16, and it's the rare documentary people are treating like an event movie.
What it is
A24's official description sets it up simply: thirty-four days before she goes to prison, the Theranos founder invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What starts as an intimate portrait turns into what A24 calls a "mind-bending three-year journey." Fielder co-directed with Lance Oppenheim, and Holmes's partner Billy Evans is part of the story too.
Quick background if you need it: Holmes founded Theranos, the blood-testing startup that collapsed, and she was later convicted of defrauding investors and sentenced to federal prison. In the trailer, she still says she did nothing wrong. The film puts her in front of Fielder's famously deadpan camera, and Deadline's review said it uncovers "one zinger after another."
Why it's trending
Secrecy, mostly. It premiered as a mystery screening at the Telluride Film Festival on September 6, where audiences had to hand over their phones, and the directors asked everyone not to spoil the twists. IndieWire says the film was made in secret over three years, and awards watchers immediately started talking about it as a real Best Picture threat. No documentary has ever landed a Best Picture nomination.
It's also doing real business for a doc. IndieWire reports it's opening in about 800 theaters and projecting a debut of up to $8 million, and Deadline says it earned about $2 million in Thursday previews. For a nearly three-hour documentary, that's huge.
The quick facts
- Directors: Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim
- Studio: A24
- Runtime: 2 hr 55 min, per A24
- Where: in theaters now. No streaming date has been announced.
How to see it without getting spoiled
- Go this weekend if you can. The longer you wait, the harder it gets to dodge the twists.
- Mute the title and the hashtag on X and TikTok for a few days.
- Skip the comment sections on review posts. That's where spoilers hide.
- Grab a snack. It's long.
What's next
Weekend box office numbers land Sunday, and we'll track them on our box office page. It's going head to head with Street Fighter, which is about as different a movie night as you can get. Awards season chatter is just getting started.
Where to follow it
A24's page has showtimes and trailers. Deadline and IndieWire have the industry angle. The hashtag links below are where reactions are piling up, so tread carefully if you haven't seen it yet.
Quick answers
When does You Can See Everything come out?
It opened in US theaters on Friday, October 16, 2026.
Who directed You Can See Everything?
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. A24 is the distributor.
How long is You Can See Everything?
2 hours 55 minutes, per A24.
Is You Can See Everything streaming?
Not yet. It's in theaters, and no streaming date has been announced.
Follow it
The trend card
You Can See Everything opens today
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's A24 documentary follows Elizabeth Holmes in the weeks before she reported to prison. Critics are raving, it runs 2 hr 55 min, and it pulled about $2M in previews.
Sources
- A24: film page and showtimes
- Deadline: full trailer and review notes
- IndieWire: the release plan
- TechCrunch: trailer and date
- Deadline: Thursday previews
By The Trends Incoming team · Fact-checked 2026-10-16. Dates change, so double-check with the official source.