Elizabeth Holmes in the documentary You Can See Everything. Photograph: Courtesy of A24 View image in fullscreen Elizabeth Holmes in the documentary You Can See Everything. Photograph: Courtesy of A24 Saved for Sunday Life and style Saved for Sunday: What to see when you can’t see You Can See Everything One of the biggest films of the year has just come out in North America, but Australians will have to wait a month. Today, Sian Cain talks us through the You Can See Everything buzz
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Alyx: When the first trailer for You Can See Everything dropped, both my social media feed and DMs became nothing but the trailer. Now the film is out in several territories, is it living up to the hype? Sian: It is not often that a three-hour documentary is this highly anticipated, but You Can See Everything has been a masterclass in building buzz; a perfect storm of surprises. First, no one even knew this documentary had been made until the teaser dropped. Within seconds it was clear the film was about Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of healthcare startup Theranos who is currently serving a 11-year sentence in US federal prison for wire fraud and conspiracy – a perpetually interesting subject. Then moments later it was revealed she was in the hands of Nathan Fielder, the Canadian film-maker and comedian who has built a cult following with his peculiar brand of deadpan awkwardness (Jimmy Kimmel once described Fielder as having the vibe of “a guy I’d be bummed I had to sit next to on a plane”) and unmatched ability to manipulate his subjects into revealing strange truths about themselves. In that teaser, she barely blinks; he looks intensely, uncharacteristically unnerved. Even those who only had a peripheral understanding of Fielder’s career understood the promise of putting that guy in the same room as Holmes. It is “a thrilling once-in-a-lifetime collision of director and subject”, as Adrian Horton wrote in her review for us.
As more and more details emerged (how does this documentary contain “graphic nudity”?) the buzz only grew. Now You Can See Everything has been released in North America, it is living up to the hype. It is one of the most positively reviewed films ever released. Yes, really.
It has been hard to find a single review that hasn’t been completely blown away by it. ( We gave it five stars. )
Alyx: Why do Australians have to wait a month for it to come out here? Why are we always waiting?
Sian: Actually, You Can See Everything is a bit of a weird exception: we used to have to wait for everything, but in 2026, we actually see more films coming out in Australia the day before the rest of the world. This is because studios want to maximise their opening-weekend box office numbers, so films come out here on a Thursday. They also want to do anything they can to prevent us resorting to piracy. But the studio behind You Can See Everything, A24, typically rolls out its films internationally weeks after their North American…