Everyone’s watching the Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything’
The documentary 'You Can See Everything,' focusing on Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, has become a major box office success. Directed by Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder, the film offers a unique, intimate look at the disgraced founder.
Why it matters
It highlights the enduring public fascination with the Theranos scandal and the intersection of tech-industry failures with pop culture.
“You Can See Everything” is already a box office sensation, with a $15 million opening weekend (based on Sunday estimates). That’s the second biggest opening weekend ever for a documentary film.
The nearly three-hour movie — first revealed last month at a secretive screening at the Telluride Film Festival — is only playing in 855 theaters this weekend. (In contrast, the weekend’s No. 1 movie, “Street Fighter,” is playing in 3,575.) But it had a reported 2,000 sellout screenings, and the reviews are overwhelmingly positive: “You Can See Everything” currently has a score of 99% on both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic .
The story of Elizabeth Holmes’ rise and fall — founding blood-testing startup Theranos, attracting support from many of Silicon Valley’s biggest names, then ultimately being sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding investors — has already been told in books, podcasts, TV shows, and other documentaries.
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