John Carreyrou has seen “You Can See Everything” twice.
The journalist, whose award-winning investigations for The Wall Street Journal helped help blood-testing startup Theranos, told Business Insider he enjoyed the documentary. It follows Elizabeth Holmes, the startup’s CEO, in the 34 days before she reports to federal prison in 2023.
The film – directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim – has inspired mixed reactions from viewers, ranging from shock to boredom to sympathy for Holmes.
Carreyrou did not see such ambiguity.
“This movie is a beautiful work of art, but don’t confuse the art with the underlying facts,” he told Business Insider.
It mirrors what he has written in X. Carreyrou has been pushing things again in the person who, he said, has accused him of “missing the point” of the film – that is, that Holmes is unknowable.
“He went after Tyler Shultz and Erika Cheung with everything he had,” he wrote, referring to the two company whistleblowers at the center of the 2015 story. “I was threatened with extinction, with litigation on a daily basis for months on end. It was a cruel cover-up of a breathtaking fraud, and he was in control.”
He has also reposted an interview Monday morning with Schultz, who said Holmes “knew he was doing something wrong,” and said that, during the film, he brought a different device when asked to show Theranos hardware.
The documentary does not trace all the details of the Theranos scandal or the reports that reveal it. Instead, it puts the audience in Holmes’ home as he insists that he is wrongly accused.
For the audience, the bigger question is about performance, self-deception, and whether the film’s subjects are believable.
Carreyrou has told Business Insider that if viewers “have questions afterward or want more context on the Theranos saga, I’d encourage them to read my book.”
He ended X’s post by saying he “enjoyed the movie.” He also gave a nod to the early Oscar buzz.
“#Best PictureIMO,” he wrote.