Does You Can See Everything live up to the hype?

The energy in the lobby of Alice Tully Hall was kinetic on the night of Sept.

30, as press, patrons, and the public eagerly awaited the New York Film Festival's New York premiere of You Can See Everything.

The documentary's existence went from a well-kept secret to an internet sensation when A24 dropped a teaser on Sept.

6 showing notorious Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes having an intimate conversation with heralded comedian Nathan Fielder.

The project seemed preposterous, like something born from MadLibs or a brain-rot meme.

However, the world premiere at a secret screening at the Telluride Film Festival, which was timed to the teaser debut, not only proved this movie was real, but also launched much buzz and absolutely unhinged rumors about what it contains.

SEE ALSO: NYFF 2026 preview: 14 films you'll want to see (and how) The New York crowd was downright giddy to see for themselves if You Can See Everything, co-directed by Fielder and Lance Oppenheim ( Primetime ), could live up to the hype.

Personally, I was dubious.

Holmes had already been the subject of the heralded book Bad Blood, an Alex Gibney documentary called The Inventor, the podcast series The Dropout, and Hulu's dramatic adaptation of the same name , which starred Amanda Seyfried as Holmes.

What could be left to say on this subject? Well, I was wrong.

Because the answer there is plenty.

And You Can See Everything is a masterwork of interrogation, not only of the whole Holmes situation but of documentary as a form itself.

And if you're thinking that sounds dry, let me confirm some of the rumors.

Yes, there's full-frontal nudity, outrageous statements, bonkers twists, and laughs big and uncomfortable.