Critics’ reviews

You Can See Everything (2026)

18 reviews from 18 publications. Critics’ score 88: 18 positive, 0 mixed, 0 negative.

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The reviews are unanimously positive, with praise centred on how Fielder and Oppenheim question documentary truth while keeping their encounters with Elizabeth Holmes tense, funny and unsettling. Most critics admire the filmmakers’ willingness to examine their own methods and assumptions rather than simply scrutinise their subject. Fielder’s deadpan questioning draws particular approval, while Amanda Seyfried’s performance earns praise for its emotional intensity and growing eeriness. The visual craft and open-ended approach also find strong support.

The differences concern the degree of enthusiasm rather than any outright rejection. The Playlist finds the runtime indulgent, though it considers the later stretches engrossing enough to forgive the excess. The Ringer probes ethical contradictions while remaining absorbed by the film’s intimacy. Screen Daily offers the most restrained assessment, focusing on the difficulty of capturing such an elusive subject. Across the reviews, uncertainty is generally treated as a strength rather than a failure to provide answers.

IndieWire
7 September 2026 · A · Cortlyn Kelly
95

Kelly finds the documentary boundary-pushing, absurd, and disquieting, while praising its ability to leave viewers curious even after its lengthy runtime. She singles out Fielder and Oppenheim’s unsettling, open-ended approach and the film’s craft, which balance tension with comedy.

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The Guardian
1 October 2026 · festival review · Adrian Horton
95*

Horton calls the documentary a thrilling, destabilizing masterpiece that lives up to the hype. She especially praises how the filmmakers’ contrasting styles turn Holmes and Fielder’s uneasy interactions into a compelling study of trust and deception.

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The AV Club
7 October 2026 · A- · Monica Castillo
90

Castillo calls the documentary a stunning, convention-defying reevaluation of what documentaries can do. She praises its probing approach to Holmes and the stylish visual flourishes that sharpen the tension between Fielder and Evans.

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The New Yorker
9 October 2026 · Richard Brody
90*

Brody finds the film fascinating, ingenious, and strangely beautiful despite its unsettling confrontations. He praises how its scrutiny of Holmes gradually turns into a searching examination of the filmmaker’s own assumptions about truth and love.

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Vulture
2 October 2026 · Alison Willmore
90*

Willmore calls the film astounding and ingenious, praising its probing, cinematic exploration of truth and documentary ethics. She singles out the unsettling, intimate scenes with Elizabeth Holmes and the film’s remarkable third act.

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Slant Magazine
7 October 2026 · ★★★½/4 · Marshall Shaffer
88

Shaffer finds the film thrilling and form-breaking, arguing that its hybrid approach rises above a conventional true-crime portrait. He praises how the filmmakers blur documentation and reenactment to explore the unstable boundary between fact and fiction.

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The Hollywood Reporter
7 September 2026 · festival review · Angie Han
85*

Han finds the documentary smart, funny, and full of surprises, ultimately raising perceptive questions about truth and accuracy. She particularly praises its meta, surreal second half and its playful interrogation of how filmmakers shape a subject’s story.

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Los Angeles Times
14 October 2026 · Amy Nicholson
80*

Nicholson finds the documentary absorbing and thrillingly unsettling, leaving viewers suspicious of both Holmes and Fielder. She especially praises Amanda Seyfried’s emotionally intense reenactments, which deepen the film’s reality-bending psychological drama.

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Variety
7 September 2026 · festival review · Owen Gleiberman
80*

Gleiberman finds the documentary shameless and fascinating, and says it takes wing in its second half. He praises Amanda Seyfried’s increasingly eerie performance as Holmes and the film’s playful, unsettling overlap of reality and performance.

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Screen Daily
7 October 2026 · Tim Grierson
70*

The review presents the documentary as fascinating, while describing Elizabeth Holmes as a slippery subject. It singles out the challenge of capturing Holmes as the film’s central complication.

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/Film
13 October 2026 · 10/10 · Ethan Anderton
100

The critic calls the documentary riveting, confounding, and thoroughly satisfying, while noting that it leaves viewers with more questions than answers. He particularly praises Nathan Fielder’s presence and the film’s unsettling, mind-bending revelations.

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Collider
16 October 2026 · Samuel R. Murrian
95*

The critic calls the documentary a blisteringly original achievement and sees it as a singular, compulsively entertaining film. He praises its genre-shifting exploration of deception, perspective, and reality, as well as Holmes’s unexpectedly compelling presence.

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Consequence
7 October 2026 · Liz Shannon Miller
90*

Miller finds the documentary an inventive, hilarious, and deeply unsettling examination of truth and perception. She especially praises its striking cinematography and the way its layers of uncertainty deepen the story.

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Deadline
7 September 2026 · festival review · Pete Hammond
90*

Hammond calls it a startling, uniquely compelling documentary and praises its astonishing access and clever second act. He singles out Nathan Fielder’s deadpan, fearless questioning as a major strength.

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Den of Geek
2 October 2026 · 5 out of 5 · David Crow
90*

The critic calls it a masterful, hypnotic snapshot of a post-truth world. He praises how Fielder’s on-screen presence and the film’s later acts complicate questions of truth and objectivity.

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The Wrap
14 October 2026
90*

The critic calls the film an involving, formally inventive documentary that becomes a sharp interrogation of truth and filmmaking. They praise how Fielder and Oppenheim turn uncertainty and missing footage into a compelling cinematic experience.

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The Ringer
16 October 2026 · Adam Nayman
85*

Nayman finds the documentary stunning and engrossing, while probing its ethical contradictions. He singles out its unsettling intimacy and the way Fielder’s apparent confusion makes the filmmaking compelling.

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The Playlist
7 September 2026 · A-/B+ · Gregory Ellwood
78*

Ellwood finds the documentary remarkable and often brilliant, with an engrossing second half that earns forgiveness for its excessive length. He praises the film’s tense storytelling and startling revelations while noting its indulgent runtime.

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