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This film was supposed to expose the truth. Instead, it leaves us in a hall of mirrors

Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News·Sandra Hall·1 day ago
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November 10, 2026 — 7:59pm

FILM

You Can See Everything

★★★½

(M) 174 minutes

I spent the first third of Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder’s documentary about convicted con woman Elizabeth Holmes consumed with boredom and frustration, knowing I still had almost two hours to go.

I must admit that Nathan Fielder’s chat show appearances have never inspired me to watch The Rehearsal , his satirical analysis of reality TV. Nor have I seen much of his other forays into the off-kilter art of awkward comedy and I quickly tired of watching him stare searchingly into Holmes’ glazed blue eyes in a wordless effort to guess what she was thinking.

Nathan Fielder (left) and Elizabeth Holmes (centre) in a scene from You Can See Everything. A24

It was all starting to look like a battle of the brands – his desire to embarrass her into slipping up, versus her determination to ward him off by maintaining her innocence no matter what.…

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